/lit/ - Literature

>>23377620
If you have to do something you ain't strong

>>19346007

>>14712090
(4/5)

> An additional option, if we happen to have a few neuroscientists among our friends, would be to have them do a little brain scanning. You know what? They would discover that a brain looks different according to whether you do or don’t have dysmoveria! Wow. When you’re bored fewer parts of your brain light up than when you’re excited. This kind of observation thrills people and sounds very scientific. It is completely meaningless in and of itself—of course your brain will light up in different ways depending on whether you’re watching the shopping channel or doing calculus—but people take it to mean something. This is muddy cause-and-effect in action. So it’s quite a useful add-on!

> Naturally it helps in this process of creating mental disorders to be in a position of authority. Being a psychiatrist or having some association with a drug company wouldn’t hurt. But, really, anyone can pull off the feat. Just write a book that makes the case for your new mental disorder, hire a publicist, and let’s see how long it takes before patients line up! Wouldn’t millions of people suddenly discover that they were suffering from “email distraction disorder” or “post-retirement dysthmia” as soon as they heard about it? You bet they would!

>>14329031
My gfs favorite book is the Bell Jar. Should I be worried bros?

>>13027173
I'm writing a sci-fi/fantasy book that's all supposed to be a semi-obvious allegory for some philosophy stuff but my main problem is figuring out my own writing style. I keep realizing that I'm copying others poorly and inauthentically and I want to produce something that's really my own but I'm frankly not sure how. Could it be that all writing is just amalgamations of what the author has read?

I'm thinking about posting the current version of my first chapter to a rate thread as well, do you guys think that would be useful?

>>13013224
>why is it good

>writing is riddled with adjectives and adverbs

Oh god am i a hack, /lit/? Is this what editing is for?