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>Book intro
>Begins with with a word definition

>> No.5765463

>picture of author
>black and white

>> No.5765697

>blurb
>it's from the New York Times

>> No.5765751

>ironic dedication

>> No.5765794

>>5765448
>online article headline
>"this 'x' will make you 'y'"

>> No.5765822

>female author
>makes unfunny jokes

EVERY TIME

>> No.5765835

>quote in italics from classic literature or poetry right above the beginning of the chapter

>> No.5765848

>>5765835
>song lyrics at the beginning of every chapter

>> No.5765875

>first sentence includes the full name of the protagonist

>> No.5765890

>>5765822
I stand that women can only act funny/goofy/cute.
Their abilities in joke or anecdote telling are, with the exception of a bare few, utterly missing

>> No.5766063

>>5765890
the funniest woman i have ever met was really just cute and goofy. actually, every funny girl joke i can recall has made me think they're cute, does female humor revolve around being cute?


i know this one fat gross woman who always tries to make jokes, she just says the 'funny part' in a loud, 'silly' voice. and not even like real jokes but just responding to regular questions/observations with ridiculous answers.

>hey, [redacted] your kid's getting pretty big
>yeah he knows i'll spank his bare butt if he doesn't! *slaps hands together several times*

>> No.5766120

>>5766063
Not all of them. My wife varies between a very mean humor and a bookish one. Another girl I know has more of a Daria like.

>> No.5766125
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>Critical introduction
>First sentence name drops Hegel

>> No.5766347

>>5765875
>as she looked into the mirror she noticed her [features]

>> No.5766388

>>5765890
>>5766063
SAMEFAG DETECTED

>> No.5766396

> it was a [feels] night
> it made him [feels]

>> No.5766402

>>5766125
lol what book?

>> No.5766558

>>5766396
>he looked lovingly into her eyes

>> No.5766636

>>5766558
i fucking hate this shit with a passion. Writing 'lovingly' for example is fucking lazy, shit, and stupid; it makes the reader have to do all the work.

>> No.5767029

>philosophy book
>needlessly verbose

we don't want it too accessible, or else you wont feel smart reading it and the ideas will have to stand on their own merit!

>> No.5767034

>chapter 1: characters
>chapter 2 and on: plot

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>>5765751
>dedicated to the reader

>> No.5767112

>>5767096
lol

>> No.5767127

>>5765448
>actor makes $$$ from public
>sees this as invitation for his manifesto

>> No.5767233

>>5767029
http://www.critical-theory.com/foucault-obscurantism-they-it/

this is a disappointing bit of truth

>> No.5767263

>>5765835
It's called an epigraph you uncultured swine.

>> No.5767273

>>5767263
Rekt

>> No.5767337

>authority figure
>evil

=/

>> No.5767358

>>5767337
>idiot character
>deep and meaningful

>> No.5767388

>>5765848
Stephen King uses a lot of verses from folk music and classic rock.

>> No.5767426

>>5765448
The best opening I ever read gave me chills. It was a James Herbert books that opened with a dictionary definition. It was something like:

Haunt

1. Verb
To manifest repeatedly and cause distress or harm.

2. Noun
A feeding place for animals.