/lit/ - Literature

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Reads related to honing the craft:
>pastebin.com/krJFfUfK (old reading list)
>pastebin.com/1KA24gny (new reading list)

Aditional related reads:
>pastebin.com/dXtFsTUh

Youtube playlist on storytelling:
>youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCv6n1whoI23GmdBZienRW0Q0nFCU_ay

Self publishing websites:
>pastebin.com/zcKB1gN9

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/wg/ author pastebin + anon flash fiction anthology
>https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ

Previous flash fiction anthologies
>archive.org/details/@_lit_anthology

i still need someone to tell me why you shouldn't start a piece of fiction with "as" sentences
what's wrong with "Rocky sighed as his boots crunched through the newly fallen snow" as the first line in a fiction work?

WARNING: SCHIZO RANT INBOUND

I REPEAT, SCHIZO RANT INBOUND

The world can be divided into three parts: the world of object - the world of emotion - and the world of thought. The world of object consists of all things indifferent to the individual which are yet physically perceptible. The study of the world of object is science. You can study the motions of planets, real physical objects, and the human being can never play a role in it - scientific fact is divorced from human influence. The world of emotion is the opposite: that is, the world of humans as individuals. The study of humanity is, naturally, the humanities. You cannot create general rules, scientific rules, statistical averages, - all related to the humanities, of course - because all of those concepts exist without an individual human in mind. Lastly, there is the world of thought. This is the study of not real physical bodies, and not of real physical human individuals, but of ideas that exist in the mind. The study of the world of idea is philosophy. This field is important, because thought is the medium by which we communicate the knowledge of the other two fields. Without setting philosophically determined criteria for how thought should happen, the other two fields cannot operate - lawlessness yields no fruit. Of course, there are boundaries between these three partitions, and the boundaries can become blurred and mixed. But... Man, I cannot even reread anything I have written. I simply cannot think. How can I revise this paragraph, or critique it in any way if I cannot even take back into my head what I've put out? That's interesting, I think. It's easier to speak and write than it is to understand. Oh... No... I thought that was an original thought. I have just remembered that Schopenhauer wrote it before me. He even came up with a neat little metaphor about gravity, if I recall correctly. It is easier to drop a weight by aid of gravity than it is to pick it back up (going against gravity and by aid of your muscles). I can give you a stream of consciousness, but I cannot understand it for you. When you get to the point where you cannot even understand your own stream of consciousness, then you know there is a problem. A serious one. God, help me.

still glad we taught women to read?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBZlthfFAzM

thread to post your nonfiction writings/ essays if you have any
also a thread to give feedback
pic, of course, unrelated

Are there any worthwhile novels about male bisexuality that aren't just fagshit?
I'm imagining something akin to A Separate Peace but with a more overt subtext and possibly female character involvement (which obviously wasn't in ASP because boys boarding school)

is this guy's analysis of Tolstoy any good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag29XrOLiI8

who is the best booktuber?
who is the worst booktuber?
how does this booktuber make you feel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag29XrOLiI8

>>16586646
>james dixon from lucky jim
>falstaff
>thersites in the iliad
>robinson crusoe
>nausicaa

>>16495492
do it

pls recommend books that expose the true and vile nature of women

It is time to talk about The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

>>5042361
In the meantime the russians patricians learning french to ferry themselves out of their horrible language