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Hey /lit/

Aspiring writer here. I go to community college and I'm SO much smarter than all my teachers! Whenever I turn in a piece of literature, they tell me it's "overreaching", "pretentious", or "nonsensical." Personally, I think my style is very Joycean. Let me know what you guys think, I posted this on my blog and it got some really positive responses.

IV

I’ve literally written over 150 pages worth of work—some double-spaced, some not—this semester. Granted, most of this work has been dubiously easy, but my efforts have left me begging for some personal freedom. Not included in this page-count is the myriad of short stories and other such fiction that I’ve written for a few journals. I enjoy writing, but similar to many people in my standing, only when it fosters creativity or intellect—not when it’s contrived to reiteration of unclear premises and muddled discrepancies. I’ve written a few pieces of worth, though most is just squandered academic rhetoric for the sake of unneeded practice.

Philistine, comatose, emaciated, bombastic labor in the doldrums.

Not that I’m against discipline or the honing of a craft; I wholeheartedly agree that one must assign his or herself to keeping up a steady pace in order to perfect a craft. It’s not the future of the work that bothers me—just this semester. As far as this one goes, I just don’t know how much effort I can keep putting forth.

Four more pages.

IV.

Then I’m done for now. I’m not complaining; I’m just not challenged. A curriculum of terrible film and ineffective instructing will do that, I suppose.

Four.

I’ve grown tired of even seeing ivoried pages of empty word documents. I’ve just got a few more hours to kill before I’ve hallowed this semester out.

For what?

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>> No.871594

>>871591
You see that blue background? Yeah?

Well that means this board is supposed to be safe for work, you inconsiderate piece of shit.

>> No.871599

>>871594
o

>> No.871604

>>871594
>Implying that anyone on this board actually works
>Also implying that they're working right now

>> No.871605

OP here:

Please don't derail my thread with your myriad of unrelated issues.

>> No.871608

i want p0rn, dammit!

>> No.871612

>>871605
excuse me...listen you might be a talented writer but /lit/ needs more porn. more tits

>> No.871620

You're so pretentious that i threw up when i started reading your post.

>> No.871624

post chubby girls

>> No.871625

Protip: Stop overusing english commas. They break the text's rhythm.

>> No.871626

>>871620

OP here:

Ummm, k? Constructive much? Not really. How about you give a reason instead of sitting there like an ASS and criticizing other people's work when you can't write anything yourself.

>> No.871631

/lit/ is not for posting poorly worded diary entries about how misunderstood your writing is.

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>> No.871633

>>871626
>I go to community college and I'm SO much smarter than all my teachers
Aight.
How about stop criticizing your teacher's IQ when you can't teach anything yourself.
Yeah, whatever. You sound too much pretencious, little boy.

>> No.871635

I could feel your wave of words crash over me, washing over my mind like a caffe mocha venti washing over my tongue.

>> No.871636

Fuck off. Trolling is for /b/.

>> No.871640

>>871636
shut up, this is the highlight of your day

>> No.871641

>I go to community college and I'm SO much smarter than all my teachers!

Congratulations.

>> No.871642

OP here:

I'm just going to assume you're all trolling. If you have some CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM then feel free to share, but you philistine trolls wouldn't know Joyce from Murakami LOL.

>> No.871643

>>871642
>but you philistine trolls wouldn't know Joyce from Murakami LOL.
Right, child.
Now go to bed, it's late.

>> No.871645

3122189796

>> No.871647

>>871625
I remember my schooling days. My teachers used to mark my work down criticizing my underuse of commas. Commas are the oppressive remnants of an archaic patriarchal society. Why should I use a device that is so utterly opposed to the purpose of my writing? Well now I'm working in Barnes & Noble and I'm almost done with my first novel while they're still teaching high school english. I doubt any one of them has ever penned a novel or even worse that they failed to publish their unoriginal tripe.

>> No.871649

OP, this contemporary act of indiscretions only further nullifies the correlation between political and sociological goals.

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>community college

>> No.871656

There is nothing more retarded than grading based upon punctuation in a piece of creative writing.

>> No.871660

>>871578
well you could quit college, submit your writings to a publisher, and see if you can get a deal of some sort.

or

you could just shove your head up your ass. there might be other options you could do in life but i'm out of ideas.

>> No.871665

I threw my dick at my fence and my neighbor was like WTF!

>> No.871668

>>871651

He might be able to save himself if it turns out he plans to transfer into a university.

>> No.871695

I dig it. The transitional usage of four makes leads to witty end-thought. You must remember, though, you must write for your audience as of now. If you want to make the grade, write stylistically what your grader wants to read. Save the chin up tone for your journals.

>> No.872527

2/10

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>> No.873900

>>871578
No offense fella, but you come off as a tad ego maniacal and more or less as a jerk. You're 'so much smarter than your teachers'? Perhaps. But where's your evidence of this thought? Just because you think what they want you to do is boring?
Seriously, lighten the hell up.

>> No.873922

>>871642
True. I've never read anything by either of those authors. Nor do I care why you feel knowledge of these particular authors is something you feel necessary for an opinion to be valid.

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"so much smarter"

http://astraldays.tumblr.com/post/594566577/iv
http://astraldays.tumblr.com/post/594566577/iv

nice tumblr, motherfucker.

http://astraldays.tumblr.com/

lololololololol pic

>> No.873939

>>871647
That man is egocentric and disgusting.
Congratulations.

>> No.873941

if you're so smart, why are you in community college?

>> No.873944

>>871594
lol stfu

>> No.873952

>>871578
>Aspiring writer here. I go to community college and I'm SO much smarter than all my teachers! Whenever I turn in a piece of literature, they tell me it's "overreaching", "pretentious", or "nonsensical." Personally, I think my style is very Joycean. Let me know what you guys think, I posted this on my blog and it got some really positive responses.

>community college
What an underachieving loser.
>SO much smarter than all my teachers!
Even if you were, it's really not that hard, since they teach community college.
>piece of literature
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>"overreaching", "pretentious", or "nonsensical"
Fucking hipsters.
>very Joycean
And how is that good?
>posted this on my blog
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


4/10. Trying a bit too hard.

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>I posted this on my blog and it got some really positive responses.
>tumblr: notes disabled
>my face

>> No.873960

>>871647
maybe they teach high school English, because they want to teach high school English. you know that's a really commendable thing to be doing (inb4 "spoon feeding catcher in the rye to adolescents etc etc"). Not everyone is interested in being the most important person ever in history.

>> No.873994

>>871578

>I’ve literally written over 150 pages worth of work
>literally

Did you insert that little gem in case we might have thought you'd metaphorically written over 150 pages of drivel?

You really need to start paying more attention in community college, son.

>> No.873995

>>871578
OP, is what we're supposed to be criticizing what you wrote from the first IV down?

If so, to me it's not really good. I wouldn't say that its "overreaching", pretentious" or "nonsensical". it just reads as bland and unoriginal.

but thats an opinion of what you posted, post something else if you want.

>> No.874003

>Philistine, comatose, emaciated, bombastic labor in the doldrums.

I only read this sentence; you're a huge faggot

>> No.874005

>>873952
>community college
>underacheiving loser
You really think university is filled with the best and the brightest? I'm guessing you are still in highschool. Or you wear khaki pants everyday. Either way, an hero.

>> No.874008

>>871647
>Commas are the oppressive remnants of an archaic patriarchal society

>> No.874018

>Philistine, comatose, emaciated, bombastic labor in the doldrums.


I read this sentence and thought string different adjectives doesn't mean anything without context.

But aside from context, labor has the qualities of being snobbish (philistine), near death (comatose), skinny as all hell (emaciated), and full of hubris (bombastic)...

You are what you hate.

>> No.874474

Anyone who considers his prose Joycean just because he uses big words obviously doesn't understand Joyce. Go drink some whiskey and try again.

Go read an English style book and try again. Kthxbai

>> No.874594

congratulations OP, you are the perfect /lit/ troll

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>This thread.