/lit/ - Literature

>>20930124
>how do I find the time
By doing nothing else but work, read and write.
>and energy
coffee
>consistently
Good one. But seriously I am most productive when I use stream of consciousness and just go for it, clean it up to what I want later.

>>20697107
>People sometimes smile to show their superiority, to communicate contempt or derision, and to make others feel less powerful. You might call it a sneer. The mechanics of a dominance smile are different than reward or affiliative smiles.
>A dominance smile is more likely to be asymmetrical: One side of the mouth rises, and the other side remains in place or pulls downward.
>In addition to these movements, dominance smiles may also include a lip curl and the raising of an eyebrow to expose more of the white part of the eye, both of which are powerful signals of disgust and anger.
>Studies show that the dominance smile works.
>Researchers tested the saliva of people on the receiving end of a dominance smile and found higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, for up to 30 minutes after the negative encounter.
>The study also found that the sneer raised heart rates among the participants. This kind of smile is a nonverbal threat, and the body responds accordingly.

>>20627322
Scans your driver's license.
If you consider Bernard a protagonist in Brave New World, there is absolutely a dynamic where height is conflated with social status.
I recall in some of Eudora Welty's short stories there are women bemoaning shorter men. It didn't really come off as her opinion or taste but more to display the pettiness and cruelty of women considering what else those characters did. "The Petrified Man" is one such example.

>>19751332
Someone loses his job at the drivethru because he cannot understand the horrible vernacular of the customer. Perhaps themes of alienation from the fast food culture he adored as the protagonist recognizes the food, mascots, slogans, uniforms etc less and less. He can't even seem to order himself anymore when he's off work because if he doesn't know what he will receive after ordering it.

>>19394681
How do you approach editing on something like this? Do you break it off into acts and edit those and move on? I'd have to really think through each turning point in advance so I wouldn't write myself into a corner.