/lit/ - Literature

>>16421589
>MFA
The eternal Journeyman

>>16421589
>even though the piece was technically well-constructed
This was praise. If it had zero merit there would be radically less to say -- this is a good thing.
>"A heart."
>"You write like you're avenging your childhood on the world."
>"You're a fascist, you're clearly a misogynist, your characters are hollow and are transparently mouthpieces for philosophical positions you dislike."
Physiognomy is a QR code for entries in the Book of Life; that gnome in the pic is unlikely to deserve to be anyone's hero in any capacity; while he's likely right on the juvenalia first novel attempt, he is also projecting from the position of spiritual Boomerism -- It comes down to this OP the only ones that contribute/make it are ones that don't take no for an answer: take what you are against how you appear to be (especially to others) more into account in fiction and waking life -- every thing he said could hold true, and you might have the scaffolding for a good satire/critique of the same

>>16421756
> a year in the life of Jack Gladney, a professor who has made his name by pioneering the field of Hitler studies (though he has not taken German lessons until this year). He has been married five times to four women and rears a brood of children and stepchildren (Heinrich, Denise, Steffie, Wilder) with his current wife, Babette. Jack and Babette are both extremely afraid of death; they frequently wonder which of them will be the first to die. The first part of White Noise, called "Waves and Radiation", is a chronicle of contemporary family life combined with academic satire.
Just frame it as an ode to Don Delillo's White Noise and you're scot-free