/lit/ - Literature

>>11190922
>Why

Not him, but probably because your analysis of the debate is the sort of thing people on this board write memes about. Your biases prevented you from being objective. Peterson and Fry dominated basically the entire time.

>>8097677
>legit direction for a change.

Oh, I know how to handle THAT aspect. I just want to have other aspects of my writing form examined.

As a person wh has to adapt material to a more functional written story, I'll need to have elements of how I'm composing it all analyzed be people who will honestly scrutinize the craft without kissing my ass for just knowing the subject matter.

You ever see the movie "Heat"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL9fnVtz_lc

Or if instead you're an anime/manga afficianado, ever read/watch any of "Ghost in the Shell?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2mXrndt1ZI

>>7054374

1. No, although I plan to learn piano and guitar soon.

2. No, driving gives me anxiety.

3. Graduated from high school, will be going to college next year.

4. The Iliad, because it's a good story and an important one, and parts of it are quite beautifully written.

5. Human compassion and aesthetic beauty are my gods.

6. The human self is of incredible importance to me, its existence or non-existence notwithstanding.

7. Abandoned church ruins in Ireland.

8. Watching old home videos of my family when I was a child.

9. I like drinking too much to do it more than occasionally, and dying of cancer seems undignified, so no.

10. I live in suburban Southern California. However, I wouldn't be opposed to those things in theory, but I doubt I'd get along well with anyone who might want to do them with me.

>want to write a novel
>can't think of a fucking storyline

I've hit a brick wall and I need /lit help.

I'm attempting to write a story about a religious cult leader who travels to India and is then kidnapped and held for ransom.

In this story a former cult member makes contact with Indian gangs, passed on his description, locations of travel and his net worth.

The part I'm stuck upon is making the leap from the former cult member finding an organized crime gang.

Any help how this could be realistically carried out?