/lit/ - Literature

>>21965551
Satyricon, ancient rome kino based on book series of the same name (only a few parts survived to the present day)

>>20396950
I can feel your passion for the topic and that goes far but info dumping still feels like a bit of a problem - why am I being told all this background now, and who is the narrative/authorial voice telling me? Also I just didn't find characters relatable. Might be worth considering slowing things down to build connections.

Also felt like a bit too liberal with use of exclamation marks.

>>20398341
Anti-trope guy here, have posted my work I'm Copper Age historical fiction and Elderscrolls fic anon. My point is just that thinking in tropes simplifies your own creative process and makes the setting/characters feel less genuine. It's fine to have characters/plot points that conform to tropes but to build story parts from tropes whole clothe is very artificial and makes your writing come across as fake, or in the immortal words of Aristotle "stop talking like some disingenuous wine mixing faggot".

>>20391186
Pic related is unteresting bit of reading I came across this week. 1st century AD roman comedy that is written in a crazily modern style - a lot of slapstick, gay shit, cuckold humor. Actually reminded me a lot of some of my own 1st person writing (minus the buggery) - worth checking out for historical context of certain writing styles for anyone into that.