/lit/ - Literature

>50 word essay about the orthogonal nonlinearity of time due at either the first nanoseconds of the big bang or as the final proton decays from existence

>he reads hegel

>>7841372
>decide to read the Old Testament to gain an understanding of why the Bible is so influential
>first book is filled with copious incest, death, rape, forced genital mutilation, and God acting like a moody teenage girl
>mfw
>>7841715
I've heard that the NKJV takes too many liberties with translation and ends up mutilating the translation of the original KJV, but that could just be fanaticism.

>>7444851
let me know how it ends

>>6341872
>tfw some of your stuff was in the "Worst of /lit/" thread

But then again, I've also put stuff up on /lit/ that has been pretty heavily praised. It's all about riding the dragon.

>tfw Macfarlane is pro-organized labor so you can't hate him even though he annoys the shit out of you

>still need to finish "The Introduction to the Devout Life" so I can get to "Crime & Punishment"

>>4552133
>tfw your friend tries to give you advice about how to begin your novel
>she's too violent right now, why don't you ease us into it?
>like what?
>why don't you have her just waking up?

I like to think I ultimately made a good scene out of it, and it does read better than my original opening. But of all the things to suggest, he HAD to pick that one.