/lit/ - Literature

For almost every book I read, I end up wishing it had been edited down by like 20% of its length. It seems like there's always a lot of fat to trim in terms of unnecessary descriptions etc. Is this just a symptom of a fucked up attention span or am I actually right?

>New Atheists conflate religion with literalist biblethumping and base their entire worldview on attacking ridiculous strawmen with theological arguments they misunderstand and misinterpret
>"New Basedtheists" conflate science with leddit scientism and base their entire worldview on attacking ridiculous strawmen with pop-philsci arguments they misunderstand and misinterpret
Postmodernity was a mistake.

>>22055962
sounds confy thx

>>21956466
I don't get it...
why?

Anyone from Ontario?

I'm in a park and I got lost. I don't know where I am.

I'm trying to pursue this too. Here's what I think is a good start
>Languages: Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish and Italian
>Learn math
>Learn physics
>Pick up an instrument
>Read the Western Canon
>Philosophy
>History
>Write poetry
>Make contributions to somw field (?)

Finished Wheelock's. Now I'm reading the Vulgate. Feels good to be progressing, bros.

>>21776763
Ok, I'll bite the bait.
Popol Vuh
Tell me I'm wrong.

>>21630856
I haven't had a woman to celebrate this with since ever...but its fine. I got other things going on.

>>21564100
damn...this made me cry from like a nostalgia of a thing I have never experienced, maybe just in a dream
I want to be the fren of the gnomes
how do you become fren with gnomes?

My expectations have, once again, been subverted.

What is Esoteric Shakespeareanism and how do I get into it? Are there any books on this?

Write about the best time of your life.

When we're you most alive, most fulfilled, and what was it like?

And what changed, are you doing something differently now?

>>20218733
Here are the solutions anon:
Read faster
Don’t sleep
Cut the book in half
Travel to west by plane while reading

Using any combination of these you should finish most of the books in one day.

>>20164324
In general, no; for you, probably it was rigged from the start.

>>20159229
>First recorded literature
>Do I need anything before this?
Never change anon.

>>20154592
I write because I find it enjoyable. That’s it.

Lads

Question for you chiefs. Have been writing for ages and have loads of short stories, but literally no sense of how to get them published (or at least where to submit them for publishing). Does anyone really published short stories anymore? I had a look at some local competitions but their byline basically said don't bother sending us shit if you're a white male which I found really disheartening. Any success stories u boys could share? Hell I'd even self publish for free just to get them out there, but it seems most sites look for you to charge cash so fuck that

>>19561751
Yes.

I am a nihilist.

I haven't read a book over 300 pages..

>>19388969
>>For example, why did Peter Jackson portray Frodo as such an inept weakling?
Simple and familiar characterizations are better perceived by audiences which leads to better theatrical success. This is the same reason why Aragorn is the generic doubtful hero archetype in the films, of which there isn't a shred of in the original story.

Why? In a word? Americans. If each member of the fellowship isn't understandable and recognizable from a glance like the 7 Dwarves in Snow White the story is impossible to follow for the average modern subhuman.

My mom likes my writing.