/lit/ - Literature

I wish I had writing ideas

>>22661097
Opposite for me. I like writing and editing but reading it afterwards is like being sprinkled with acid.

>>18147452

>muralla
>soslaya

Imagina ser yeísta.

>>11077067

My Journal contains a description of a former (female) friend of mine, including her naked body. Actually most of it is about her body.

I think I still love her, or at least feel such powerful urge to possess that I could love her if necessary.

I'm married.

>Tolkien and Borges so low on the list
>So many meaningless tiers
>Orwell blacklisted

This is quality trolling. 9/10, this subtle shitposting is why I come to /lit/

This really isn't meant to be a novel, it's mostly for me. That said, I think it's a good example of where I want my style to go. I'll post the first paragraph. Thoughts?

An early life spent scraping through deep shadows of Havensport taught Attica and her caregiving sister Quin a fine lesson in the mechanics of the world. It taught them that food and moments of peace were things best stolen at dawn. It taught them that supposedly kind men didn't need to have wandering eyes to expect certain payments for their favors. Attica learned too, not to ask her sister what had happened to their parents or why they spent their lives moving and running and stealing. The questions eventually shriveled in the shadow of necessity, their minds, the both of them, focused solely on the impossible task of survival. The years moved on meaningless, measured by the slow dawning of the harvest festival and the looming threat of beauty blossoming on their bodies. Disguising themselves as urchin boys, for some years more they evaded the new threats of noblemen and the lurking of pimps until everything suddenly changed.

>>6376544
>relating to a filthy jew

>>4171197

C-

apply yourself !

>that face when Sam Harris posts the equivalent of a "prove me wrong" thread complete with bribery.

Is there such a thing as "good" young adult fiction? By which I mean, works marketed towards a young audience but which are beautifully written and contain nuances and insights that can be appreciated by a more mature audience as well?

Some examples off the top of my head...

The Wind Singer trilogy by William Nicholson (well, perhaps only the first book), but even there the symbolism is heavy handed at times.

Redwall. Although the books always focus on simple and easily understood themes, there's no denying that the prose is generally excellent.