/lit/ - Literature

>>10453682
Tbh that and the teacher beating Stephen were the two most memorable parts of the novel. Good stuff.

Also,
>moocow

Honestly, there are quite a few fanfic writers with a better grasp of story structure and conveying character than so many authors who get so caught up in their own ideas/worldbuilding.

Fanfiction gets a bad rep because most of it is indeed shit, but so long as you feel you actually learned something, don't feel ashamed. Who knows, this can very well be the foundation upon which you build your original work.

>>9887334
By being sociable and pleasant. Also helps to have shared interests. She's read a lot of the classics (more than me), so we talk about books/aesthetics/morality a lot. It takes some time to get to a point where you're comfortable sharing everything, and thoughts like those are pretty personal, so don't drop anybody right away. Stay with them for some time and let them gradually open up. It feels good.

Aside from that, though, the main thing was really just to be a good person. Make time for her, listen to her when we talk, don't pass judgement or be harsh. People (inb4 an edgelord says "women aren't people" — yes they are faggot) like to feel like they can relax around you. Establishing trust and goodwill is the most important thing you can do in a relationship.

Good luck, and remember, be kind.

>>9883543
>implying there's anything wrong with being a pet
it might be slightly insufferable to live with all the smug liberal pricks though

>>9869614
From a textbook:
>There is a saying, that if a paper is submitted to a journal not written in LATEXformat, then it is almost certainly wrong, or not at an appropriate level. Lov Grover, in addition to being the first well known African American Quantum Computing Expert, is also the reason we say “almost certainly” wrong, as he had been known to submit papers in other nonstandard formats.

Basically, unless your abstract claims a breakthrough and you can deliver on that breakthrough, you should use LATEX. Otherwise you won't be read (or, at least, won't be read as seriously).