/lit/ - Literature

is there some kind of connection between the jungian anima and animus with the japanese anime?

>>16790018
I've only read The Catcher In The Rye, so I don't know if you're referring to Salinger, or a character in the story. But if it's the former, does that mean that Mr. Antolini was a pederast self-insert too?

>>16389468
>Communism was/is a net good.
Provide evidence.

What does /wg/ think of short-form epithet names for minor/side/background characters? I asked a few other writer folk about it and surprisingly a good amount were against the idea and insisted on using actual names, but it never hurts for second opinion. So far there's been a fair of red and mauve shirts that are usually self-contained to a few chapters with epithet names like 'Officer Meatloaf' or 'Old Man'.

Here's a excerpt for one of the characters I wasn't sure what to name.

>the voice of the long bearded ginger-haired commander cuts off the alarmed bridge officer, “what is going on?” He inquires in a harsh tone with a sharp gaze fixated on the lone Federation battleship.
>Generally, this would be the time for formal salutes; but there is none of it. The bridge officer clears his throat and presents himself before the commander. “Sir! A single ship we identified as a Federation battleship has emerged from a warp exit point without prior warning or so much as a hail yet…” Commander Ginger nods and strokes his beard. “What are your orders?” The bridge officer asks diligently, although still a bit shaken by the warp jump.
>Commander Ginger crosses his arms, and shifts his eyes between the Federation battleship and his men, “I take it we have yet to establish communications with the battleship?…” The bearded commander asks, and the bridge officer looks back the communication operator who also shakes his head. “—Do we know if any of the other ships has been able to contact the battleship?” The communications operator again shakes his head no. Commander Ginger once again strokes his beard in ponder,

This same chapter also has the narrator as 'Four-eyes'. And a character he bants with as '(Warrant) Officer Freckles' since, similarly, they're not important to the plot and in Freckles and glasses-kun's case they probably won't ever get mentioned ever again aside from a little scene they make in protag-chan's presence some dozen chapters later. I was thinking of giving them names at the end of the chapter, but I'm not sure yet. I'll probably just brace for actual reader input and edit names in if it comes to it, though.

>>16260291
>he can't gauge how far into the book he is by feeling the weight of the electrons shifting from one side of the device to the other
ngmi

>>16131697
How long until this just basically becomes a impromptu /wg/ discord? I wouldn't mind since I'm not a horror writer

Is the Scrivener 3 beta worth jumping to on Windows OS? Do you think we'll ever actually see it released on the main build?