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Anonymous Sat Nov 16 05:42:03 2019 No.14178535 [Reply] [Original]

the book or writer who inspired you to write seriously

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 05:49:53 2019 No.14178560 >>14178535 Gardner's Art of Fiction (I know lit hates it but reading it made me feel for the first time like I could write a good story) Moby Dick

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 06:16:35 2019 No.14178646 Seriously, Bukowski is one of the greatest.

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Anonymous Sat Nov 16 08:40:52 2019 No.14179029
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>>14179010
>artfucker1996
>unironically assigning value to what a 23 year old has to say
Yikes my dude. Also I've noticed that only a certain breed of people can appreciate Bukowski. He's to raw, rough, and truthful for people who grew up coddled or haven't lived a very full life. Honestly, if you haven't experienced some variety of crushing hardship in your life, you just won't understand Bukowski or his writings.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 08:42:58 2019 No.14179034 >>14179029 >Honestly, if you haven't experienced some variety of crushing hardship in your life, you just won't understand Bukowski or his writings. This is why most women don't understand Bukowski.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 08:43:30 2019 No.14179036 >>14178535 I don't write seriously.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 08:44:16 2019 No.14179041 >>14179036 >I don't write seriously. Are you being serious, or...?

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 08:44:56 2019 No.14179044 >>14179029 lol that passage. I want to read something by this guy.

Anonymous Sat Nov 16 08:45:30 2019 No.14179048
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>>14178535
as a professional technical writer i'm going to say Steve McConnell
his book Code Complete always seemed to me to be the kind of writing i should aim for. clear and actually enjoyable to read, but also practical and directly usable by the audience.
the only negative thing about it is that it is way too long. he could easily have split the material over two or three books.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 08:49:34 2019 No.14179058 >>14178535 unironically DFW read him at the right time and right place

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 10:32:16 2019 No.14179436 The Bible

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 10:43:36 2019 No.14179488 >>14179044 Can't. He's dead.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 11:07:23 2019 No.14179571 >>14178535 really? ham on rye is the worst one except for women

Anonymous Sat Nov 16 11:23:37 2019 No.14179610
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>>14178535
Irvine Welsh. Trainspotting got me into reading seriously. Filth, Marabou Stork Nightmares and Reheated Cabbage cemented him as one of my favourite writers. I wish he was talked about more here

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 16 11:43:08 2019 No.14179679 >>14178535 It was factotum for me.

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