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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 09:37:00 No.1739957 View View Reply Original Report

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Do you think Edward Cullen could get more pussy than Mr. Darcy?

This is important. Also, don't even try to bring Rochester into this shit because nobody gives a fuck about his blind crippled ass.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:49:00 No.1739203 View View Reply Original Report

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Hey lit
I spend a large part of my day driving as per my job. I've been listening to music but I recently started getting into audio books and podcasts and I wanted to know what your recommendations are. For podcasts I listen to Uhh Yeah Dude, this american life and radiolab (I wholeheartedly recommend all of these.) For audio books I've listened to both of John Hodgman's books and Patton Oswald's book.

What should I listen to next?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 09:09:00 No.1739883 Report

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anyone else?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 09:10:00 No.1739887 Report

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Yeah, you really shouldn't be listening to audiobooks while you drive because that could increase the chance of you getting into a car accident

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 09:10:00 No.1739889 Report

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uncle johns bathroom reader.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 09:28:00 No.1739929 Report

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J.G. Ballard's Crash

It'll either disturb you to the point of you doing whatever you can to avoid getting into a car accident, or it'll thoroughly persuade you that car accidents are in fact a deeply erotic experience that you would also like to indulge in yourself.

A win win, I say.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 09:40:00 No.1739968 Report

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also the soundtrack for Eraserhead

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:29:00 No.1739086 View View Reply Original Report

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ITT: Our methods for acquiring inspiration.

Mine are taking long walks listening to music, and watching particularly infuriating TV programs, and ESPECIALLY advertisements.

You, /lit/?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:36:00 No.1739102 Report

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:37:00 No.1739105 Report

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Reading.

Landon !!nBqZl5bQBVO

Landon !!nBqZl5bQBVO Mon 02 May 2011 00:54:00 No.1739141 Report

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Reading, music, films, television, idle thoughts, dreams.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:21:00 No.1739162 Report

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>>1739086
>inspiration
/b/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:23:00 No.1739163 Report

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this whole "inspiration" shit is a clear sign of a newfag writer, old professionals frown on this shit and anybody who claims "writer's block" is questionable

entering the writer's trance is not difficult, it's a combination of ignorance, lack of discipline, and misunderstanding that make most writers think you have to be in some sort of mood to write

I could go on a long rambling post about it but instead I'll direct you to Robert Olen Butler's "Dreamscapes" book taht explains how to be "inspired" at any given moment and puts to rest the idea that putting yourself in a specific mindframe is worth a shit

also, do yourself a favor and never post your shit on this board. it's amateurish and just plain bad taste

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redcom !!+Kgteyi5ULQ Sun 01 May 2011 09:12:00 No.1737692 View View Reply Original Report

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Have any of you had any successful runs with the Hemingway method of writing? Writing drunk and editing sober?

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 10:04:00 No.1737862 Report

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The only way I can write a first draft of anything is by reaching the right sweet-spot combination of alcohol + caffeine consumption. Usually I go too far with the booze and just end up with a bunch of semi-legible, incredibly purple evidence of my repressed homosexuality

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 11:18:00 No.1738120 Report

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>>1737723
gives you superpowers

keep it up

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 11:24:00 No.1738149 Report

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drinking just makes me retarded. i'm drunk right now and i tried thinking of a short story but i couldn't come up with shit. not that i could every write well sober either.

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 11:30:00 No.1738169 Report

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I get drunk to write maybe a couple times a month, and then once or twice a year I get way too drunk while doing so and flip through my notebook the next day to find a bunch of sloppy X-Men fanart

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:20:00 No.1739161 Report

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>>1738169
>sloppy man fart

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Quentin !!p3mpBqBwOeY Sun 01 May 2011 15:49:00 No.1738564 View View Reply Original Report

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:55:00 No.1739142 Report

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Just want to point out once again that Quentin is a troll, and that no one should in any way engage with any of his posts

ofc it's not like i can stop quentin posting as anon arguing with himself, so

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!KPok7x0csI Mon 02 May 2011 01:05:00 No.1739148 Report

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>!Ww

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:07:00 No.1739149 Report

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>>1738646
Weren't we supposed to get janitors? What the fuck happened?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:11:00 No.1739153 Report

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>>1739137

The problem, I think, is that they often create a narrative from thread to thread about themselves that gets in the way.

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Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Mon 02 May 2011 01:19:00 No.1739159 Report

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>>1739153
takes two to make a narrative

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:17:00 No.1739158 View View Reply Original Report

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Choose one.
Why?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:07:00 No.1739061 View View Reply Original Report

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Let's discuss what we think about which narrative point of view works best for what.

For instance, I just started American Psycho for the second time and I must say this great book would be utter shit if it was written in any other POV.

Pic unrelated.

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Dr.Rick Dagless,MD !!a9+22/0Crgl Mon 02 May 2011 00:53:00 No.1739139 Report

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>>1739113
I think the point was to catch you off guard. At a few points in the first act, vauge references are made to Bateman's supposed crimes (First he reads about a murder at a yacht party, later on he thinks somone who was at that party was looking at him in fear and shit like that.) Really, it's just laying the foundation for the rest of the story, so you know who Bateman is and the world he lives in, and howhe and his crimes go undetected for so long, mostly because of his social standing.

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Dr.Rick Dagless,MD !!a9+22/0Crgl Mon 02 May 2011 00:56:00 No.1739144 Report

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>>1739135
I thought that was pretty clever.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:56:00 No.1739145 Report

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>>1739132
its supposed to establish what a comically self absorbed douchebag he is...

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:14:00 No.1739154 Report

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>>1739139
I always felt batman was just imagining all of the crimes and that's why everyone didn't believe him when he finally broke down and confessed. True the masterpiece I've read this book several times and every time I get to where he kills his ex girlfriend I have to put it down that part is s intense first time I read that part I felt sick to the stomach

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:15:00 No.1739156 Report

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>>1739154
>batman
>batman = batman
>christian bale plays both of them in movies
>my god damn motherfucking face when

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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Null Mon 02 May 2011 01:15:00 No.1739155 View View Reply Original Report

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Dead in love.

“Frank, will you bring in the shopping?, I’m fecked if I’m bringing in them spuds. I got this papercut in town...”.
“Two secs.”
“....”
“Anne?”
“ANNE?”

I looked out the kitchen window, partly blinded by the setting sun. The car boot was open. No sign of Anne. She’s wasn’t one for playing games, messing with people’s heads. She wouldn’t do it.
The glass patio door shattered....

Continue the story.... (Anne is now a zombie)

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 23:46:00 No.1739039 View View Reply Original Report

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So I recently finished reading Looking For Alaska by John Green. I loved that book so much, so do you have any suggestions on books that are kind of like it?
I.e about Love, drama, loss.
Thank you

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:34:00 No.1739094 Report

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>>1739083
You're missing the point. Keep a journal or write bad, angsty poetry in your little diary or whatever. There's nothing wrong with that.

It's the publishing that's the problem. When you publish that crap, you're telling future generations of wannabe poets, "Hey, guy, poetry doesn't require any work or craft or anything; just vomit your _feelings_ all over the page. You can publish that!"

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:38:00 No.1739107 Report

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As Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway.

Read it and thank me later.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:46:00 No.1739128 Report

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>>1739094
I'm in no way saying that this is good writing. I'd take Philip Larkin over this stuff any day of the week.

Most people don't care enough to read good writing, or listen to good music or enjoy art in general. They want something that doesn't take work and makes them feel good. We've already done the work, and we want something of higher quality and lower accessibility.

I think it is our job to reconcile good taste with accessible writing. The author created a banality, but it is not the end of the road; it can serve as a starting point for people to work upward to greater things. I know when I was 12 I was listening to angsty music and reading a lot of Stephen King, but I evolved because people helped me to find better things. Without this starting point, this angst-ridden, inarticulate, banal garbage, I would not be where I am today.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:59:00 No.1739147 Report

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>>1739128
that's a good point tbqh and pretty much on-point. most people like shitty stuff when they're young and then start reading, you know, larkin as they get older. ultimately /lit/s attitude towards this stuff is that typical reaction to the angsty/romantic stuff that they used to be into.

my own problem with this, i guess, is just the cult of personality around john green, but w/e

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 01:11:00 No.1739152 Report

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>>1739128
that was excellently put. people consider me sort of a snob for food and art and literature, but it's more that I'm just an adult and don't get satisfaction if the work I'm absorbing is not challenging or thought provoking.

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 18:14:00 No.1738683 View View Reply Original Report

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Which publisher is generally the best for classic historical books and literature? Penguin Classics? Oxford Press? Bantam?

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 19:20:00 No.1738768 Report

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>>1738764
>>1738755
>>1738750
I wish Sancho Panza wasthe governor of my state of Illinois. There would probably be less corruption and incompetence.

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 19:26:00 No.1738776 Report

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Well, Longman generally does a very good job. Of note is their Bevington edition of Shakespeare and their Paradise Lost, which is generally considered the most scholarly edition of the poem.

And a lot of it falls to taste. For instance, if you are really more traditional of a reader, you might pick the Oxford Anthology of English Lit, edited by Frank Kermode. But if you are more modern in your tastes, you might pick the Norton Anthology edited by the more hip Stephen Greenblatt. It includes texts not generally considered "literature", such as political speeches, philosophical treatises (sp?), popular works of fiction, etc. So be flexible and look around to find your preference.

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 19:39:00 No.1738793 Report

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I think Cicero hated fishermen.

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 20:13:00 No.1738814 Report

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>>1738793
farmers and fishermen are natural enemies

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 00:56:00 No.1739143 Report

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