/lit/ - Literature

>The greatness of literature is commensurate with "aesthetical" beauty. How can you debate this?
Taking whole consecutive pages at a time just to describe scenery, or peoples' appearances, or other irrelevant nonsense while
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Not advancing the plot
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Producing no dialogue
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Giving no meaningful insight into the world / setting / characters the book is taking place in
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Saying nothing philosophical

is not good writing. Scarlet Letter's and The Hunchback of Notre Dame's openings are excellent examples of everything wrong with conventional artsy modern novel-writing.
It is boring and pointless regardless of how "tight" or "lyrical" the prose is---the author has said nothing of the actual story. Just wasted your time.

/sffg/ "Ring of Light' quintet edition.

Full story here: http://pastebin.com/raw/nV9iPMNS

Recommendations:
>Fantasy
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg/
Flowchart: http://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg/
>Sci-Fi
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg/ http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg/

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