/lit/ - Literature

Have you ever read a book on a complete whim and been deeply affected by it?
Happened to me with the Brothers Karamazov and I've been trying to find a book that will affect me on a similar level. I'm sure I will eventually since there's still plenty of classic /lit/ I've yet to read

>>19319117
this month I read:
Knut Hamsun - Segelfoss Town
Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd
Llewelyn Powys - The Cradle of God
Llewelyn Powys - Rats in the Sacristy

next month I plan on reading some of these:
(I never follow my plans)
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Walter Scott - Waverley
Knut Hamsun - Growth of the Soil
Llewelyn Powys - Thirteen Worthies
Samuel Claggett Chew - Thomas Hardy, Poet and Novelist
FL Lucas - Ten Victorian Poets

How many "plot points" should I have for a novel?
I have a character with a main goal/thing that needs resolving, and some obstacles in his way, twists etc, but I'm worried it won't be enough on its own.
For example, for the novel to progress from where I've written to, the protagonist needs to get X, and to get X he needs to meet with some group, who tells him to get Y requirements in order to obtain X, etc etc.
I have a few major points I want to hit, but I'm unsure how many minor events should go on in between. One per chapter? More? Less?

>>17919835
i was privileged to experience something like this during a baptism in a very distant community. unfortunately these people are dying out and the new ones are seduced by modernity: they are coming to the city to provide better "opportunities" for their sons. they dont want the rural life, they think they need study. if only they knew how bad things are

i started browsing /out/ a couple of days ago. i find it to be one of the best boards now and /lit/ approved

I'm trying to start a sci-fi/fantasy novel thing but im having trouble starting properly because I can't get my dialogue sounding right. I can do prose for pretty much everything else but my dialogue is atrocious. They sound like bad b-movie scripts.
Does anyone have some good tips at practicing dialogue writing? Maybe some exercises I could try?

gonna turn 29 next month never worked dropped out twice of university. after years dating gf left me because i live with my mother. regrets? a lot

When will we outgrow this fuckin website and start spending our time actually reading? I'm almost 19, can I escape before I turn 20?

Books where a character is in love with a girl but she doesn't know he exists?
No YA please.