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Has anyone from /lit/ ever copied a book?

>> No.4238201

did that with the first chapter of lolita.

>> No.4238213

...does it work?

>> No.4238246

>>4238151
I steal poems from unknown poets to amaze hipster girls.

>> No.4238587

You're referring to HST's effort to retype The Great Gastby in it's entirety as an exercise, to get the true feel of it.

That feel, that elusive thing of texture and taste, hue and timbre of the work. How ... how ... how?

It's not so bizarre as it sounds, for a writer.

I've not tried it, but don't discount it. It's just this sort of quest, a seeking of intimacy with the language, with the words, that I keep hearing about from the writers who's works I love.

Maybe try a short story as an experiment of your own?

>> No.4238599

Had to hand-copy some short stories for class. It was dumb, but I guess I should have chosen an author with prettier prose.

Typing it would have made more sense, imo, as that is how most people write nowadays. Hand-copying only forced me to read it all over very, very slowly.

>> No.4238763

>>4238213
Thats what I want to know.

>> No.4238794

>>4238246
do tell more.

fucking hipsters

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>>4238587
faggot, it's called an adaptation.

surely you've written book adaptations before?

>> No.4238808

Hey, what can I say?

I'm gay for the written word.

>> No.4238811

>>4238797
No, HST literally copied The Grets Gaby word by word to feel what's it like not to be a hack.

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>>4238587

>> No.4238828

faget

>> No.4238830

>>4238811
nigger, he did a literal adaptation.

Man you're a moron.

>> No.4238863

>>4238830
i will finger your asshole beyond comfort baby come at me

>> No.4238873

>>4238830
>>4238811
He has admitted to typing it out, front to back, over and over again in order to get a feel for Fitzgerald's rhythm.

>> No.4238890

>>4238863
dude i was fingering my girlfriend friday evening and my wrist still hurts why would you do that to yourself

>> No.4238952

>>4238890
your fingergame is weak young catherine

>> No.4238963

>>4238890
you sound like a virgin

>> No.4238966

I have a published western novel that's an exact copy of a exceptionally great penny serial from 1879 that I found in my attic.

I'm really scared someone will find out and I'll be ruined

>> No.4238973

>>4238966
That would make a great plot for a novel.

>> No.4238975

>>4238808
No, you're just gay.

>> No.4238988

>>4238952
guess so : =(

>> No.4238989

>>4238966
I guarantee you there is some old guy who likes reading those things, and has read the one you copied. He will happen upon your book, and notice it's the same and do absolutely nothing about because ninety percent of people won't.

>> No.4239004

>>4238989
Imagine if he would do everything to stop it. Movie script right there.

>> No.4239009

>>4238966
we're onto you, cormac

>> No.4239102

>>4238989
That's kinda the plot of the movie The Words.