/lit/ - Literature

/lit/ I've come up with a New Years resolution and I want to encourage you all to think about doing it yourself.
It's very simple. In the year 2023 write a 50 page story. 50 pages, that's almost exactly 1 page a week. Of course some people could write 50 in a week, but regardless it's not such a daunting task is it? I think everybody can reasonably do it so I'm imploring you to try it yourself. And hey don't forget to have some fun along the way.

You know what /lit/ I am no longer going to be a negative Nancy.
From now on I'm positive Pete and my good attitude just can't be beat.

I've actually never learned how to read. I buy the books and bring them to a bright and public place and I flip through the pages as if I were reading them.

For each supposed "level of difficulty" that a book is at, I will time my page turns accordingly to give the impression of comprehension.

For example, I breezed through The Great Gatsby in one afternoon. Now that I'm "reading" The Brothers Karamazov, I find myself sloughing through it at a much slower pace.

It has gotten the attention of some English students from the local university though, which is nice. It's been fun to talk about the books I have "read" with them, because their enthusiasm is usually a good disguise for my lack of ability. I just nod my head and smile when they light up over a certain passage or charter. They do all the talking, I do all the listening. This has helped when I need to reference things. For example, I have started calling people "old sport" like Jay Gatsby does. I assume Jay Gatsby is some kind of baseball player or something.

Mostly though, when I'm sitting at the coffee shop staring at the strange squiggles on the page, I think of pornography.