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This is so nice, and cozy.
ITT cozy books.
>>7840243
go join one of those puppy rooms
Tao lin pls go
>>7840285
Tao's writing style has obviously been influenced by this, but who was Beattie influenced by?
is it sensible to say that if you KNOW you're a great writer, you're probably a pretty good writer?also, Discord needs a new invite link. help a nigga out.
https://discord.gg/0ssJKGTbo2pseIOu
hi soda
No.
It can be pretty certain that if you think you're a bad writer you're a bad writer. In my experience, the best way to tell if you're a decent writer is if better writers say so.
>>7840264
>tfw have never met a better writer
Is there a standard or strategy for efficient proofreading that's widely used, so I can practice it?
I picked up English Grammar For Dummies two years ago and thoroughly educated myself on the theory, but I'm still not confident that my writing is free from inconsistencies in punctuation style, for example inconsistent use of semicolons versus em dashes, inconsistent decision-making on comma use, etcetera. I want to be able to repair these kind of amateurish problems in an efficient and formulaic way, so that my texts are up to publication-quality standard.
Some sort of manual/checklist subscribing to a major style guide reminding the user to 'check all these elements', to hold next to me while I practice proofreading my text, would be basically what I'm after.
If not, what's the best way to practice proofreading and editing? It'd also be a useful freelance skill to be able to proofread/edit other people's stuff, too.
>>7840220
Chicago manual of style is the one most journos use I believe. Remember this is designed for newspapers etc. so not all of the pointers will be appropriate for things like novel writing.
>http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/contents.html
>>7840232
Do you know if that applies to the British writing sectors too? Forgot to mention that I'm British.
>>7840235
I assumed you were American. I think the major dictionary producers (Oxford, Cambridge, Collins etc.) also have their own versions. You might have to buy a hard copy though.
Here's another quite useful online-based resource:
>http://www.thewriter.com/what-we-think/style-guide/
What do you think of Audre Lorde?
Lordy, lordy, Audre Lorde.I don't know who she is.Should I?
Regurtiatated basic concepts but is celebrated because
>BLACK GIRL MAGIC
Meme.
Is this the best spanish posmodern novel?
>anagrama
JUSTO
>>7840043
>Le spooky racism man
>>7840047
JODEME
Is there such thing as a good book?
>>7839894
No.
Next question.
>>7839894
The book that is understood.
Everything else is a meme.
>>7839894
Yes...
What do you think of Sacks ?
Read Uncle Tungsten as a one-off and liked his casual style enough to get some other, more neuro oriented books.
He is easy for me to get into because I work with patients and can appreciate the perspectives on functional impairment and clinical insights.
he was quite the leather biker boy stud
>>7839881
they're pretty good for keeping coal and potatoes and stuff in
What is your favorite Daniil Kharms story?
>>7839806
I wonder how many people remember IRANMAN and that epic Daniil Kharms thread where /lit/ scanned, edited and posted that ebook for him.
/lit/ was pretty awesome back then...or at least for those couple of days.
>>7839806
I think I've read all his stories, but it's been years. The Old Woman, probably.
They Call Me Capuchin
Are you well versed in your own country's literary tradition, or do you just slut it up with foreign """classics"""?
oh god that photo GET IT OFF GET IT OFF
>>7839578
I'm British and I read our classics ofc. Id be interested in seeing responses of people from less uh universally literature recognised countries.
>>7839578
I have read a lot in English and also translations from other languages, but Estonian literature and specifically poetry makes me inspired like no other I have read. Sad that more people do no get to experience it. Doomed to be viewed as lesser I suppose.
Is any good /lit/?
>>7839481
It's pretty nice to read before or after something like War & Peace, Tolstoy writes about man's relationship with nature very well.
Also Maryanka has to be one of the hottest girls in all of fiction.
Pretty good.
I found it quite good. That said it's full of technical terms that I had no idea of
Why does the ethics of meat-eating seem to be the most fashionable topic in philosophy today?
Why does seemingly every philosopher currently working feel the need to devote thousands upon thousands of words to this issue?
Are we as a society too comfortable and pre-occupied with 'luxury issues,' like whether it's OK to eat meat?
fuck i could go for some rotisserie chicken right now
they don't want to talk about the real issues
It's just one piece of a patchwork of concerns regarding the future of our planet which is under a lot of stress with overpopulation.
ITT authors whose prose you loved but you disagreed with their message/conclusion
>>7839278
CS lewis
Christopher and Peter Hitchens
Oscar Wilde.
His writing is pretty much just hedonistic bull shit but damn is it elegant and fun to read
Study Logic with us, to deepen understanding of philosophy, philosophy of math and science, understand reality, your mind.
We're based in Slack (group discussion site) atm 48 people from /lit/ and /sci/ discussing, studying Logic.
Right now we're at the very elementary level, perfect time to join.
The original source material was too advanced and it was replaced, now we're using this:
http://www.fecundity.com/codex/forallx.pdf
It doesn't require mathematical background (aka /lit/ friendly)
To join simply post your email in here (you can create a throwaway email if you're worried about privacy).
Join this patrician adventure and conquer the mind, transcend everything.
>>7839253
>>>/sci/7937173
Tbh 48 is already a big number but can't leave faustian minded people behind.
Just study math, logic has never produced anything useful.
>>7839684
Logic is the purer form of mathematics.
In two hundred years time, what current contemporary literature will be studied in universities?
>inb4 sarcastic trite replies
The memes
>>7839197
The Tunnel
ITT: we discuss which political candidates famous authors or philosopher would support.
I'll start. Bernie Sanders is exactly how I imagine Allen Ginsberg would act if he ran for president.
>>7837665
Donald Trump=Julius Evola
Poudhon would probably support Donald Trump who seems to be our genorations Napoleon III
>>7837665
I think that Karl Marx would support Bernie Sanders.
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