/lit/ - Literature

Are you writing a novel for the sole purpose of selling it?
>20 pages for normal chapter, 40 pages for chapter in which major plot event happens

Or are you writing a novel because you have something to say?
>as long as they need to be, Lolita has a chapter that's two paragraphs long and it accomplishes exactly what it needs to without feeling lacking

Dumbass that thinks his stream-of-consciousness "novel" is worth anything?
>just write

>>8698461
When did you realize that despite your ingrained need to use literature as a cool accessory, some people actually just read and enjoy things the like without being self conscious about it

>>8603342
This

Cats are the most literary of all animals, far more literary than any woman

A dog would probably do as well

How long did it take you guys to read this book? I started in late August and I'm only halfway through.

ITT: post instant turnoffs
>Ask guy if he likes what he read
>He says yeah
>Asks why
>"Well, you know the prose was nice and it was interesting haha"

>>8324325
Already read it.

>>8324327
Really? I tought jap lit was exclusively about deprression, homosexuals and glory.

>>8299101
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before David Foster Wallace

Give me your top 5 /lit/ approved books/meme books.