/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.4271261]

>dream sequence

[Anonymous No.4271280]

>reality sequence

[Anonymous No.4271284]

>shy and intelligent, charming and witty but socially awkward protagonist is pulled out of his shell by an adorable, lovable female character with a "wild", but not feral, personality who has inexplicably developed a crush on him (bonus points if she has short, vividly colored hair) and together they go on numerous adventures

[Anonymous No.4271294]

>flashback

[Anonymous No.4271293]

>aimless loser with a special power gets pulled into a grand adventure and conspiracy when he is taken under the care of an aging mentor

[The Portable Star No.4271297]

>sex scene

[Anonymous No.4271299]

>alternate reality

[Anonymous No.4271300]

>>4271284
Twist: She doesn't actually love him, she's just promiscuous and crazy and ends up NTR'ing him. I've only seen this happen in books twice.

Super-twist: Heavily implied she doesn't even exist and the protagonist is just a loser, but now a crazy loser. Only seen it once, and it's implied he dies at the end anyway.

[Anonymous No.4271301]

>books about the postmodern condition
>petrarchan sonnet form
>written in koine greek

[Anonymous No.4271304]

>beginning a chapter by describing the weather

[Anonymous No.4271328]

>minimalist prose

[Anonymous No.4271330]

>"[protagonist] was dying"
>dramatic line break
>description of the scenery

[Anonymous No.4271332]

>book opens with the main character waking up

[Anonymous No.4271334]

>muh purposeful repitition

[Anonymous No.4271338]

>semicolons

[Anonymous No.4271344]

>novel ends without resolving anything because that's hip nowadays and plot is 4 plebs

[Anonymous No.4271349]

>>4271338

[Anonymous No.4271351]

>authorial intent is dead

[Anonymous No.4271352]

>footnotes, endnotes, and/or appendices

[Anonymous No.4271356]

it's funny

Gravity's Rainbow has all of these

[Anonymous No.4271361]

>>4271351
But it is

[Anonymous No.4271375]

>>4271361
how so?

[Anonymous No.4271388]

>>4271375
of course it still exists, but it's being obscured. literature is becoming more and more commercialized

[Anonymous No.4271390]

>>4271388
what makes you say that?

[Anonymous No.4271394]

>>4271390
facts and stuff

[Anonymous No.4271400]

>sweet talented bookish religious girl falls for bad boy, disappointing her family's high hopes, and ends up living life of drudgery with unemployed bad boy while raising spiritual musical genius angel child with golden curls

...Oh wait, that's my real life

[Anonymous No.4271408]

>lolita, greatest book of the past half century
>ends in a dream seqence

where is your god now?

[Anonymous No.4271418]

>>4271408
>lolita
>greatest book of the past half century

[Anonymous No.4271416]

>>4271400
you're the girl I assume?

[Anonymous No.4271422]

>>4271416
Yup. But still in love with my bad boy.
Just, geez, what a fucking cliche!

[Anonymous No.4271505]

>being from the point of view of an animal

[Anonymous No.4271509]

>The FBI races to save the kidnapped victim of a serial killer

[Anonymous No.4271549]

>>4271422
What does 'bad boy' mean?

[Anonymous No.4271560]

>>4271549
awful attempt at flirting/10

[Anonymous No.4271562]

>>4271261
>The main character only gets raped a little

[Anonymous No.4271568]

>>4271509
>my dick

[Anonymous No.4271636]

>>4271549
sex, drugs, rock n roll, fights, wrong side of the tracks, didn't finish high school, formerly abusive... I could go on, but I think I get the street cred.

[Anonymous No.4271649]

>>4271636
if you didn't say rock and roll I'd think he was just black

[Anonymous No.4271710]

>young adult romance novel
>tsundere female protagonist

[Anonymous No.4271717]

>>4271649
lel, nope, real old-school punker.
He's mellowing out with age, and as I mentioned, love.
But dat lifestyle, lack of education, and not much money...

[Anonymous No.4271721]

>>4271717
what is attractive about incompetence
I would drop a girl like that in a second, actually I would never get with her

[Anonymous No.4271732]

>>4271344
>>4271328
>these put together

[Anonymous No.4271738]

>>4271721
HA!
What?
I am just about as fucking competent as they come, buddy.
Live financially like a single mom & also manage to have a pretty solid relationship.

[Anonymous No.4271745]

>>4271738
I meant I would drop a girl like your hubby girlbro

[Anonymous No.4271750]

>>4271738
Oh, sorry, plus dinner every night on the table and aforementioned angel child is badass guitarist and does exceptionally well in school.
Partner call me superwoman: you were saying?

[Anonymous No.4271755]

>>4271745
*breathes*
ah. well.
Yeah, girls don't generally get as much slack. Way of the world, I guess.

[Anonymous No.4271756]

>>4271750
I have literally no idea what gave you the impression that the poster was calling YOU incompetent, it was pretty clear to me he was referring to someone else who was uneducated. Are you projecting or just having trouble?

[Anonymous No.4271759]

>>4271756
I think the fella might be ESL or something, so fair enough there if so

[Anonymous No.4271760]

>>4271750
missed earlier reply...
sorry for wig-out
:)

[Anonymous No.4271762]

>>4271756
*ahem*
misread, my bad.
(but he did say girl)
good girl/ bad boy cliche is familiar to me, not sure about reverse...

[Anonymous No.4271768]

>>4271755
It has nothing to do with being a girl. I wouldn't marry or even date someone that wasn't at least similarly educated to me or at least in charge of their own life with an established (or budding) career. Especially not someone who had been abusive

[Anonymous No.4271772]

>>4271768
But what if they were sweet, funny, and hot?
Also, you have to throw your implied innocence and inexperience in there to really get the full effect.

[Anonymous No.4271779]

>>4271768
...it's not like you foresee that someone will be abusive and then hook up with them. At least not in my case.

[Anonymous No.4271786]

>>4271768
who cares about that? do you know how many girls are sweet funny and hot? those qualities mean basically nothing and are pretty much a bare minimum. None of those qualities make me want to build a life with someone because they don't mean jackshit

[Anonymous No.4271796]

>>4271772
also if you are innocent and inexperienced you should know this and not jump into huge commitments. at least I wouldn't.
>>4271779
and like I said. If I found this out she would be dropped

[Anonymous No.4271797]

>>4271786
To build a life with someone, you should enjoy spending time with them.
What initially attracts you to a girl?

[Anonymous No.4271805]

>>4271796
>Christian
>inexperienced
Intelligence does not always equal good judgement, you know.
On the other hand, in some ways it does: I feel very supported emotionally, our little family is very loving, child is thriving... life is tough, but whose isn't?
We are best friends who really appreciate (and are very attracted to) each other... isn't that what everyone is looking for?

[Anonymous No.4271810]

>>4271805
those things are attractive not a badboy image

[Anonymous No.4271813]

>>4271796
>she would be dropped
Well, one makes these sort of decisions very carefully when a child is involved. In this case, my gamble paid off: abuse flared, and then was over. No trouble (of that sort) for several years.

[Anonymous No.4271826]

>>4271810
... don't forget Motorhead at 7:30 in the morning, endless parties with wild friends, weed out the gazoo, actual fingerless gloves worn constantly, "Fuck" used in just about every sentence, fights ( away from home)... He's a grown up bad boy, but still "bad"

[Anonymous No.4271835]

>>4271636
>street cred
>being proud of raising the progeny of a loser

[Anonymous No.4271844]

>>4271826
are you a theater major? If so,
what is the second letter of your first name, and the third letter of the city you live in.
long shot but I think I might know you

[Anonymous No.4271846]

>protagonist is a struggling artist/author
>protagonist is always right

[Anonymous No.4271848]

>>4271826
>actual grown ass man having these qualities
>that same man raising a child
hehehehehehehehe

[Anonymous No.4271856]

>>4271826
I'm going to be sexist and ask do all women only view men in terms of stereotypes, and judge them based on that?

[Anonymous No.4271860]

>>4271856
>I'm going to attribute this idiotic trait to a whole gender
>>>/r9k/

[Anonymous No.4271896]

Pic related: it's what happens every time someone mentions they're a girl in a thread

[Anonymous No.4272275]

>>4271400
Why do you feel the need to sell your life to us?

You wanna hear that you life is like a post-modern film?
It is, in my opinion in a sad and naive way.
You seem to really like your post-modern 'fairy tale' as you portray it, reality will be a bummer.

[Anonymous No.4272292]

>>4271284
>not an outgoing and intelligent, charming and witty but brash protagonist pulled out of his haven by a deplorable, untidy female character with a "wild" and feral, personality who is pulled by him into the right direction by totally practical reasons (bonus points if she has long, drab colored hair) and together they do mundane things

[Anonymous No.4272296]

>>4272292
that happened to me, true story

[Anonymous No.4272302]

>>4271400
>MUH BAD BOY SAYS FUCK IN EVErRY SENTneNC XDDDDD HE'S so UNEDUCATED AND RETARDED NIGGER TIER HUMAN BEING
>being such a bimbo tool

I used to be the street punk shithead, i left that behind, not because someone told me but i couldn't live and accept that stupid way of living anymore.
It was disgusting and retarded experience, it is no different than being a child and thinking you will watch baby cartoons for the rest of your life.

The problem with "follow your heart" movement is that it cripples people and they don't realize it.
You had a child, you based your life decisions on a whim that was brainwashed into you by movies and media.
You are teen-pregnancy brain dead tier female.

[Anonymous No.4272303]

>first person narrative

[Anonymous No.4272314]

>>4272296
Was she good at bed or she sucked at everything?

[Anonymous No.4272316]

>>4272302
life-changing post bro

[Anonymous No.4272322]

>>4271896
>tfw pic related happened very close to me
>tfw your uncle died in that accident

Please stop.

[Anonymous No.4272323]

>>4272316

I was aiming for "fucking slut hipster whore", nice assumption though.

[Anonymous No.4272729]

>>4271896
The point being: these cliches exist because they are real themes that are played out over and over in human experience.

All others: not looking for advice, thanks. I like my life path.
God knows the freaky cloistered preacher's wife future I was headed towards would NOT have made me happy.

[Anonymous No.4272817]

idk idk
all i know is i decay

[Anonymous No.4272837]

>>4271352
wally would like a word