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/lit/, I need your help.

A friend asked me to read a book they wrote and criticize it for them, and I need to let her know it's absolute shit without making her feel bad.

>mfw it's a high fantasy
>mfw it's literally just LotR with more female characters
>mfw grammar is terrible and there are hardly any words over 3 syllables

One time when she asked what I thought I told her that there are more descriptive words for "sadness" (she used it 3 times in a couple pages), and asked if she used a thesaurus while writing, and she became very offended, so I already know she can't take criticism. I don't want to lose a friend, but I feel like I need to let her know that her novel is pleb tier shit without breaking her heart. What do?

>> No.6850916

Say that it's decent but it could be better. The light put down is necessary for the fuck. Tell her you have a few things you could teach her.

>> No.6850923

>>6850906
Tell her to put in a drawer for a year and then rewrite it.

>> No.6850927

>>6850923
This is good advice.

>> No.6850958

>>6850923
Hm, this may be the way to go, considering she's only 20 and still has much to learn. Thanks, anon.

>> No.6850999

post an excerpt op and we can provide better feedback

>> No.6851087

tell her you'll help her in exchange of sex

>> No.6851095

Just lie OP. People like that aren't going to go anywhere, and they're not actually looking for criticism. They're looking for praise.

Just lie. If she's cute lie your ass off and she might sleep with you. But just lie.

>> No.6851113

She's not going to want to fuck a pussyfooting beta faggot, OP. Just tell her what you really think in an assertive way and she will respect you more. Women are like dogs, they respond better to leaders. But, then again, you consider this woman your 'friend', so you're probably just an orbiter who she has no interest in and, when you criticise her little story, she'll drop you. Either way you win.

>> No.6851191

>>6851113
I couldn't stuff more garbage into a single post if I tried.

>> No.6851211

>>6851191
Don't worry, you might get her once she's off Chad and Tyrone's cock carousel, you'll get to enjoy her roastie, loose cunt until she gets bored and cucks you.

>> No.6851227
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>>6851211
le egdy mra fayse :):):):):)

>> No.6851228

>>6850958

You're welcome. If she protests, you can give her arguments I give to every other beginner novelist I read for: if the story and the writing is truly good, people will still like it in a year, including you, and you'll have enough perspective to make it perfect. If it isn't worth waiting for a year, or reworking it in a year, it wasn't worth anything to begin with, basically by admission. I would present this socratically: "do you think a good book is still good a year after it's written," etc.

>> No.6851233

>>6851227
Continue being a slave to pussy you will never taste, then, orbiters are usually delusional.

>> No.6851238

Just tell her the truth and be subtle. Even tell her you don't mean to hurt her.

>> No.6851244

>>6851211
>Being this insecure and stupid

>> No.6851255

>>6851244
>being this beta

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>>6851255

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>>6851270

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>>6851273
Lol. The fuck feminism has to do with all this retard?

>> No.6851290

>>6851211
Wrong board mate.

>> No.6851296

>she became very offended
Big surprise. Lie or don't, she sounds like a shitty friend though.

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>>6851284
>>6851290

>> No.6851315

>>6850906
>mfw it's a high fantasy
>mfw grammar is terrible and there are hardly any words over 3 syllables
Maybe she is going for the authentic angle + females?

>>6851113
Also this without the "wimin be dogs" part. Any person worth your time, will respect honesty. Give her the truth, detailed and with suggestions, add that it's "obviously your subjective opinion" and you should be fine.

>>6851284
Because feminism it at fault for EVERYTHING.

>> No.6851323

>>6851311
You really are retarded aren't you?

>> No.6851338

>>6851323
*tips fedora*

>> No.6851346

>>6851323
You really are cucked, aren't you?

>> No.6851348

>>6850906
>hey I read you stuff and I think it has a lot of potential. But I noticed you keep repeating the word sadness. Maybe try to vary the language or describe how the character is sad to emphasize how sad she is.

>> No.6851352

>>6850906
Never give friends critique, girls especially.

Decline politely.

>> No.6851358

>>6851352
Being this much of a pussy.

>>6851348
Being an advanced uplifting pussy.

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>>6851338
>>6851346

>> No.6851376

>>6851358
>b-being a dick to people is cool, mom!

>> No.6851382

>>6851376
>wahhhh you're hurting my feelings! being a cuck is the right thing to do, liberal media said so!!

>> No.6851389

>>6851382
literally the perfect troll, there is no evidence in your posts that suggest that you aren't 100% to this ideology

>> No.6851394

>>6851382
>>liberal media said so!!
too obvious m8, you screwed up

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6851398

/r9k/ needs to leave

>> No.6851400

>>6851376
>being honest with friends
>bad
Enjoy your fake life, mate.

>> No.6851403

>>6851398
>posting yourself

>> No.6851420

>>6850906
She can't take criticism, tell her you're not experienced enough to help someone who is so high on a pedestal as her, she clearly can't write for shit.

>> No.6851428

>>6851398
Hi, orbiter.

>> No.6851431

>>6850999
trips demands it