/lit/ - Literature

>>23606762
There is more to life than intercourse. Consider that your animal instincts drive you towards reproduction, and in every moment of acquiescence, the mind's dominion over flesh is diminished ever slightly; so insidiously subtle this process is that one's consciousness seldom takes notice, until at which point it finds itself irreversibly at one with the body.

Do you need love? Is not the creation of one's own values, and a life of adherence to them, a pursuit more worthy of the suffering you now endure? Perhaps you will disagree, and love prevails over all, but a thorough consideration will purify the nature of your desire and ameliorate the pain of your suffering.

>>23394170
Humorous melancholy

>please wait a wh-ACK
fucking retard admins can suck my dick with their aids infested, herpes ridged mouths

>>23295602
As with most endeavors, practice visualization constantly. For example, I often imagine myself in a different location while walking, or try to superimpose another location onto my vision.

It helps to begin with highly detailed, photo-realistic visualization of small objects, then move into larger scenes; use your memories, photo references, and paintings to reduce the creative load. Once this is achieved, experiment with varied lighting, moving individuals, animals, sounds, and smells. Infuse creativity with this visualization as you proceed, and eventually, you will be able to imagine any story as if you were a voyeur.

The most useful advice I can give is to become intimately familiar with textures and lighting, preferably through observation in reality. Examine a large amount of stylistic, historical, or period accurate clothing and architecture to better imagine certain time periods. I hope this finds you useful.

>>23184967
Take your own advice please. Your prose is like that of a mildly agoraphobic teenager who spends most of their time reading tumblr posts about novels.

Hyperfixation on prose will not deliver masterful writing, and neither will a chimeric regurgitation of different voices somehow convey emotion or thought effectively. Writing is instead a product of accumulation, wherein one gains a mastery of language through repetitive and critical practice, and novel composition becomes an exercise in thought rather than execution.

>>23057703
>superior medium
if all you like is plot and action, then perhaps video games are better, but text is far superior at conveying ideas, emotions, and perspectives.

Consider that most individuals think in terms of text, using it as an internal medium to analyze their emotions or ideas that are otherwise indecipherable to even themselves, Books are therefore the closest one can get to being in another's mind, fictional or real, which is a quality not achieved in any other medium, and even if some exceptions exist, not to with the extent and regularity exhibited in literature.

>>22994407
maybe get him into fantasy, a lot of children and mentally juvenile adults (see dnd) enjoy it. Some recs:

The Bible
LOTR (peak reddit)

>>22728876
>successfully commits genocide

no matter your misgivings about jews, gypsies, or gays, systematic murder requires a level of callousness and slavery to emotion that one does not find in a "good" person, never mind someone great.

>inb4 he did more than you ever will
No one can deny his achievements, but one can criticize his motivations and their ridiculous nature. Did he actually believe that killing a massive amount of individuals would somehow benefit an already decrepit country?

Does diddling Moroccan boys making you Übermensch?

>>21657647
I’ll be as cringe as I want whenever I like; seethe sneed

>>21654939
L'italiano è una lengua classica adesso? Perchè non utilizzare il latino?

>>21645279
Prenup prenup draft a prenup before common law
If you do not draft a prenup after reading this and she takes half your life’s work it will be your fault my friend

Comedy thread. Please. I'm trying to write funny, but noone here seems to read or write comedy. Do you have favorite funny books/novels/short stories to get inspiration and taste for it? Do you know any nonfiction books about writing comedy?