/lit/ - Literature

What do you guys think about fanfiction; love it, hate it? Do any of you read or write fanfiction?

I wrote a collection of short stories. Urban fantasy, I guess. Generic, trashy.

The next one is a children's book, about a little girl who's taken hostage by a bank robber. The criminal is kindly while the cop hunting him down is cruel, and she starts to question what she really knows about good guys and bad guys. I haven't worked on it in over a year, though, as I'm on another project. I'll probably just start over when I get back to it.

I have project ideas for probably at least a decade, maybe half of them being books. But they're all trashy because I'm a philistine.

Here is an expert[sic], first paragraph from the first short story:
There was once a little boy. His name was Jonathan. He didn’t really have a specific age; it changed from year to year. Jonathan lived in the suburbs of New York City with his family. This boy was never wrong—not because he was very smart, as he was actually rather dim, but because whatever he said became truth. The American Civil War, before Jonathan came along, ended with the Confederate flag flying at the head of all the nation. When his history teacher asked him who had won, he took a guess and was right.

>>5785227
Occasionally goofy word choice.
Generally pretty-sounding, but a little tryhard. And, ultimately, what's the point?

>>5781218
>I was in the prison hospital for two days
>The doctor said I vomited dark red blood for weeks
What
It reads like something that would become copypasta if it'd been posted in comments on /b/. I don't know if that's what you were going for.


HERE'S MY THING:
http://pastebin.com/jhLPu5M4
It's the fifth in a series so you might miss little things, but I don't think that would be an issue.

I'm gonna read more stuff but probably not actually critique

So lit was i the only one who raged while reading The Wise Mans Fear, the 2nd book in the Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss?
I mean the first book was decent but in this one the author really showed the neck behind his bushy beard, especially in the Fae and Adem arcs

pic related

>>1684939

>>1187074
I'll be ordering most of the stuff from amazon. It's the cheapest way around here to get your hands on English books. However I'll try to look for such a section - thanks for the tip.

Well, I'll be going to bed now, it's around 5:30 am here and I'm tired as hell :P

Thanks again kind anons of /lit/ for all the help/suggestions.

>Would ask again

I win. Or lose.

chuck pahlaniuk :)

So, fanfiction?

Peter Chimaera on Fanfiction.

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/181593/Peter_Chimaera

Most well known for what is pictured here.
Although he was forced to take it down from FF.

>>756051
Fuck yeah.

THIS should not only spawn a series of bestselling novels, it should be made into an epic movie series.

Hey c/lit/s, let's get a quote thread going.

Pic mildly related.

the one and only.

>>486138
It's from really bad fanfic that soon became a meme on /b/

A bunch of the other boards have recommended charts. Do you guys have one yet?