/lit/ - Literature

>>22008458
I wish you were joking, I really do. But I've seen "historic fiction" category in bookstores and it's all WWII. Especially WOMYN in WWII. And the rest is women in historic America. How are people not all WWII experts at this point? Who even cares? It's all old hat now. And yeah it's like we're not even allowed to write about anything else.
>here is your historic fiction section
>it's about a conflict that only happened within about five years over thousands of years of human history (even farther if you are creative about prehistoric)
>what? you want more? why?

>>20785089
I will.

>>20722543
I learned that doubt slowed me down from achieving things. Even if you have evidence in your life that you're ngmi, you have to act in spite of it. You have to stop worrying so hard. Learn what you can. As you gain confidence you will be quick to act, slow to give up rather than the slow to act quick to give up. The latter strategy doesn't work in science, finance or really anything. How are you going to be sure of yourself without testing something enough to see the results? The more competence you get, the better you can do this.

See your goal far off, then make a plan to get there with actionable tasks you can do on a daily basis to get there. Don't go for the magic bullet because high risk high reward lifestyles never last. That only gives you despair and feeds your envy. Maturity must be earned by managing risk.

>French cuffs

>>20621515
Speaking of gnostics I was trying to figure out some concept I was discussing with someone about apotheosis via a collective conscience and one day I stumbled upon the word "egregore" which perfectly described what I was doing in a story, so much so that I refuse to use the word. While I like to make it not totally clear what I personally believe, for some reason I don't want people to mistake this for "oh it's just gnosticism, anon is a gnostic." Maybe it's an unwarranted fear.

>>19434043
I didn't even get into Hemingway yet and I probably will never read him at this point.
I've heard the "adverbs are weak" argument and while I tend not to use adverbs in my first draft, some of my favorite authors use them often. There's a time to be concise and a time be descriptive. Using a simile or some other device is great but sometimes you just gotta adverb.

>start reading a modern Merriam-Webster dictionary
>soulless clinical definition of a word
>download and start using Webster revised unabridged dictionary 1913
>breathtaking prose examples and vivid definitions
>overflowing with ideas with each new word