/lit/ - Literature

Should you physically write out the stuff you’re working on or just type it? Obviously typing is a lot easier, but writing it out feels a lot more personal in my experience.

You have 10 minutes to write me a whitman-esque poem of 20 lines about any historical figure and his contribution to society. Make it like "o captain! My captain!"

Which writer writes the consistently best constructed sentences in the past 100 years?

What determines that a country has/doesn't have great authors? Or are there GOAT-level works in every language, but we just don't care about those written in less relevat ones?

Hey /lit/, I’m trying to get in the habit of writing everyday to eventually improve my writing skills, but I’m having trouble with thinking of things to write about. Does anyone have some suggestions? What do you guys usually write about? I’d rather not write about my day or something like that because my days are usually pretty uneventful.
Also, when you’re writing just little things everyday to improve your writing, how do you write? I mean stylistically speaking?
Sorry if this doesn’t make much sense, I’m just trying to get myself to write more but I’m not sure what to write about.

When do you write? How many words do you write a days? How much time do you use to last writing? Etc
Tell us about your writing routine, anon.

How to improve your writing style with simple rules:

1. Show don't tell emotions and senses. If a character is angry then show us how he is angry.

2. Use adverbs sparingly and never after said. For example, said happily said angrily said quickly, just don't. A strong verb is better than a generic verb + adverb.

2b never use the word "suddenly" ever!

3. Use the active voice not the passive voice, try to eliminate the words had and was as much as you can.


What other rules should I know? Also, do you disagree with any of these?

If I'm a shit writer, the best way to become a decent writer is to keep writing, right?

Hey /lit/, I'm in the mood to do a little writing, but I'm a creative wasteland. Can we have a writing prompt thread? Keep it sensible, please.

Post excerpts, critiques, samples, ideas, whatever you're working on or want to be working on but are too insecure to start, and of course shit on everyone else.

This is a piece of exposition from a book I'm working on.

>We didn't have much because my parents committed to a minimalist habitat, unfortunately that meant living in a dirt cheap house in a shitty neighborhood. My parents were ambitious, you could even say genius. Though they garnered grants and certifications for artistic and academic achievements very early in their lives, I will always remember them submerged in a sinkhole of debt. They took outrageous leaps and fell into a pattern of gaining and losing large sums of money. I recall a summer traveling around the world on a yacht; by winter we were in a homeless shelter. I guess it was only inevitable that they'd end up where they did. My mother was a poet, an extremely well read dreamer who didn't ask for much in life. I don't know if she just wanted to appear better than her spoiled and selfish sisters who married doctors and lawyers, or if she really didn't care about material gain. Whatever it was she seemed happier with less, something I've come to admire. Despite her skilled and experimental craft it was only after I'd finished my undergraduate studies that her work attained widespread acclaim; she'd given up hope long before that.

How do I learn to take life less seriously? What books or writers should I read?