/lit/ - Literature

>>16005171
>Start to write for literature contest.
>For one million Chilean Pesos: Writing a poem about the concept of legacy and trascendence.
>One of the judges is Raul Zurita. A Neruda wannabe.
>Write about the falsehood of trascendence as a concept.
>Humanity will go extinct and the sun will explode.
>And with the cleansing by fire of human history, Zurita will finally be equal to Shakespeare.
>Ponder that maybe I'm sending ironic texts as a form of self boycott because I don't believe I can win.
>Argue for the literary values of iconoclasty and the metatextual nature of my poem.

I've been trying my hand on becoming a prize writer. There's at least two contests a month and even if I recognize my suckyness it can be a good writing experience.
While I don't consider my texts to be improving after two months doing this, I consider that literary gains take years to build up.
>Other part of me considers that writing doesn't improve your writing, that only reading does.

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>>14978114
Here's what I have so far for the Latinamerican literature chart. I searched for Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil so it could be modified. I'll tweak it tomorrow and make it definitive.

>Thanks anón, appreciate it. i think that #2 is ready to go. I'd make it in English, though, so we can distribute it more easily on /lit/. What do you think?
Sure, I can make that. I'll take a look at it tomorrow.