/lit/ - Literature

>>18741360
Scala dev here.
Any good books on functional programming

>>18653345
I'm an Anon that grew up with a Taoist uncle.

Studying Taoism is as simple as just observing nature. Same thing goes with the Tao Te Ching. Don't STUDY it; you'll get nothing out of that. Just read a page a day and think about it throughout the day. Then of course, practice some fluid movement with your body (Qigong etc) to get your body involved along with your mind; basically yoga.

Good luck, Anon. This shit is pretty hard to come by, and believe me, China doesn't know shit about Taoism. You'd have to walk in between the crevices of Beijing and go into some toilet shithole to find some teacher that knows what they're talking about.

What is your process of writing fiction, /lit/? Do you plan it all out on paper first, then go block by block from start to finish, or do you have a different pattern?

For me, I only write in my notebook about twice a week at best, so it's not reliable. I often keep all my ideas in my head, and when it's time to write, I write a little bit of the beginning, then a little bit of the middle, then some end, then some dialogue here and there. I jump from segment to segment back and fourth as I visualize it, like I'm watching my favorite scenes of a movie.

Does anyone else do this? It's worked for me well so far, but I've only written short stories that are 35 pages at best.

Johnny unlooped his belt with both hands as he kicked the bathroom door ajar. Shaking either leg out of his pants, he turned himself around, ass out, his bowels moaning and rumbling.
"Myaao," Johnny heard from behind. Frisky was sitting in the toilet bowl again. Johnny cringed, but it was too late. Slamming the toilet seat down, he fell against the cool porcelain. The delicate touch of a pawpad grazed his left cheek. His hips fluttered at the tickling whisker pricks as Frisky sniffed his crack. And finally Johnny relaxed his sphincter.