/lit/ - Literature

Now that I finished rereading Great Gatsby I can start writing this evening. That novel actually is pretty good and noted the writing I learned from it.

>>19306395
If I had to write that, I'd get out of the scene as early as possible. Then I'd write the rest of the story as a prompt like "write this scene but through the eyes of a rapist." Don't even talk about what he did, just let the unsettling feelings mount with the reader as it does with the character. You can do his point of view, but also the woman. If you consider Stockholm syndrome, you could make it seem to the reader that her life is normal with him, but continue to drop elements of her life that are bizarre. Eventually it's clear she's been kidnapped and been convinced that is her life now.
Normalization of horrible things is something that we universally share, so I think you've actually got a great topic for a story. You can write this and still be very tasteful, I think.
Also, remember this: love does not heal the wounds of rape. You can have rape victims in a story, but the trope that the pain just fades away isn't realistic. People get trust issues for the rest of their life. You'll have to learn all that yourself, but there are lots of stories out there of rape and kidnap victims. One girl I knew that was abused as a child and developed trust issues. She was a nice special ed teacher, but she had outbursts where she would intimidate her loved ones and try to corner them with logic as if they may have lied. She asked questions constantly.

this thread is good actually, for the first time in recollectable life I don't relate to any of these

>>9995526
this

>>8760010
>totally recommend.

I'll look into him, mate. Can you suggest specific works that I should consider, though?

Post a writer you want to start reading but haven't yet because you're timid or unsure of where to begin.