/lit/ - Literature

>>16312419
they're better than others
>want to buy all my favorite childhood books for that sweet, sweet nostalgia
>every cover is a hideous cgi cover of a sexy elf's face half in some color shadow
what happened to all those awesome hand painted covers of scenes from the book?
God, I hate it. Computers ruined books.

>>10948815
>>10948805
>get told your whole life not to use "and" too much, because it's bad writing
>it's a completely valid literary technique

>>10695310
>google got rid of the "view image" button because stock image sites got big mad about it.

>>9864701
>you will never manage to write all your great fanfiction ideas
>your fanfiction will never get a million hits
Goddammit, if I can't even manage that, then how do I expect to get a fucking book out.

>seventh grade
>reading about Lewis and Clark
>read "Clark fell into a depression and died."
>for years, assume it meant he fell into a big hole and died
>mfw
not only that, but "fell into a depression and died" is something I think about a lot- like, I can still remember what I visualized when I thought that- like just this huge sinkhole in a clearing in a pine forest.
What's the weirdest sentence that has haunted you for years?

>>9478585
>find a historical novel about the unicorn tapestries
>it's a shitty historical romance

>6-7 years ago
>go to flea market with my mother
>no money with me
>find a book
>book of demons circa 1820s
>mom won't lend me the 25 bucks I need for it
>mf still

>my stories are just a hodge podge of shitty dialog that I fill out later