/lit/ - Literature

Post your novel ideas. It's not like they're going anywhere.

Myself, I am currently writing about about a fellow who, intent on killing himself, suffers the constant misfortune of second chances and audiences in the pursuit of his end. It is a dark comedy where he repeatedly has to screw up the courage to do the deed only to be frustrated time and again and ever more shaken must repose and retry. I named the main character after based Cioran.

>>10907605
>A very scatter-brained man tries to write his autobiography but can't get past his fifth year in the course of six hundred pages.

I applied to six fully funded creative writing MFA programs for fall enrollment. I received my last rejection today via email. It really hurts. I am doomed to my desk at the insurance company it seems.

Do any of you have any recommendations for next year? I had a nice writing sample, a compelling personal statement, and a near 4.0 gpa from undergraduate and graduate school.

I am really down in the dumps.

>he still enjoys life
I miss when I could feel like you do now, savor it while you can

A Hunger Artist - Kafka

Best allegory for the modern NEET.

Where should I start with Cioran?

I managed to read 15 pages in 6 hours and I retained nothing. Why

>>10510642
Anything by Cioran

>>9918172
Check mate

>>9914878
>Robert E. Lee is a bad guy
Jesus fucking Christ, why don't any of you commie cucks know a thing about history?

Lee is literally the reason why the Confederacy didn't continue to fight a do or die resistance. He also only joined the war to support his home state of Virginia. He was absolutely instrumental in rebuilding and healing the Union. This is a man who literally opened up a school for black children after the war and who attacked the abusers of blacks while at Washington college. Robert E. Lee is a symbol of hate and racism?

I want pol and reddit to leave.

>>8919703
It's extremely significant, it suggests he collects facts to suit theories rather than the reverse.

>>8724812

if free will is an illusion, how can i appreciate art? All the works of literature that i love werent created by brilliant minds, but the laws of physics. How can i have any emotion for them then?

>>8084964
>Well sir I am a detail-oriented team player with outstanding communication skills and a great attitude

>>7833497
For some reason no one can cheer me up like Cioran.

>>7378425
thnx

>>7202313
based cioran

Do something with your life already you lazy sack of shit!

>>7015397
He used the contemplation of suicide as a coping mechanism.

>>6493347
I like Cioran's approach where the contemplation of suicide acts therapeutically and helps you through the day, knowing you can quit at any time.