/lit/ - Literature

>>9436046
Hoeller's

>>9433980
If kid was a girl, or you're not red-pilled about gender: Mad About Madeline, the complete tales. Nieces love that shit, and my eyeballs sweat a little when Madeline is reunited with her crew.

For a boy, Superman or some other wholesome comic of course. Dinotopia did it for me when I was a kid, too. Once he's a little older read something like Treasure Island aloud. Mom used to read pic related to me, which was mostly scary Russian tales about forest monsters and children having adult burdens put on them. I turned out fine, but you can do better.

>>9433421
/lit/ is not semi-anonymous. It is exactly as anonymous as the rest of 4chan, and it does not have reddit features or any features not found elsewhere on 4chan.

>reporting posts in /lit/
Yeah. /lit/ has a lot of pedantic nerds. If anything, people here are some of the most insufferable anywhere on this site. /k/ can be autistic, but they're generally funny. /out/ is the most chill board anywhere. /o/ has people who actually do things with their knowledge. /tg/ beardos love their hobbies unironically.

/lit/ is about as noxious as /fa/. there is absolutely no reason for that.

>>9433403
>>9433408
Exhibit A. Just look at these faggots. Pic related.

>>9433341
No. Your meaningless, noise post is proving OP's point.

>>9433348
>insecure braggadocio and contempt are the norm.
>>repeating the obvious as argument

I've been frustrated with the lameness of this board before, but I didn't start a tantrum thread and fling accusations at the collective anonymous (which really says more about the accuser than accused). I logged off and read a book.

>>9429586
/lit/ sometimes produces threads that are thought provoking or informative. I've learned a lot here.

OP is whiny trash, has contributed nothing, and his criticism is 100% projection. Please go.

>>9428353
Dhammapada my man. Why even ask.

>>9428304
The Idiot

>>9428002
Are you going to enlighten me with your brilliant deduction? I could give you an answer right now that proves you are wrong, but I want to hear what you've imagined.

>>9428042
The phenomenon of blogging was not going to last forever. 10-15 years, max.

Amid the rainforest of hipster photography/poetry/fashion/lifehack blogs that all recirculated the same content, some users did actually put work into curating a passion: OC art, records, homesteading, travel journals, early social media hooliganism, etc. Once the social cred of being a blogger evaporated, so did their work.

>>9428042
Money killed blogging. People stopped writing what they wanted and started writing what would get views and clicks.

/thread

>>9427847
Story of the Eye

>>9427743
who is this seizin' demon

>>9426037
>war, history, PHIL
if you haven't read them, you should because they are part of the western vocabulary.

Dumas' Three Musketeers
Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Scott's Ivanhoe
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Virgil's Aeneid

>>9427634
Illuminati.

>>9417568
>implying the learned norms of masculinity are invalid & not worth clinging to
>implying the bravest act is flouting norms, not holding a line in war

Close to completely wrong, but you've stopped short of action. A man can admit fear, but he can't turn from it and remain a man. Masculinity would be lost. Try again.

>>9427591
So what does your support network look like, autistic anon?

>>9427561
this sage post brought to you by anon, king of the spergs

Okay, I've had my keks. Good job ruining a thread with your tripfag witch hunt, guy. You must be really smart.

>>9427492
sorry i triggered your autism anon.

let me explain the obvious: i would still be here even without the trip. now, please tell me more about proper netiquette. you ultimate fucking sperg.

>>9427472
you gonna be on my dick all day fella?

/lit/ is generally such a waste but it sometimes has a valuable thought. you are the human trash that i sift through to get to those good bits.

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>>9427455
good one. you didn't waste my motherfucking time. good post/10. +1 updoot. +gold

>>9427447
OP's post is not a work of fan fiction. It is, supposedly, a discussion about fan fiction. l2distinguish reeree

>>9426525
>what do YOU think about fanfiction? Is it an inalienable right?
Sure. Freedom of the press, dingus.

>Something that you shouldn't do if it would piss the author off out of courtesy?
Depends on their view of your use of their work and whether you care about the author's opinion.

>Something you should ESPECIALLY do to tick off the author?
No, that's juvenile. I hope you are writing because you want to and not putting actual effort into the literary equivalent of shitposting.

>Is it something you should never do for Moral Concerns?
Explain what moral concern one could possibly have about using their own time and imagination to create fiction. The opportunity cost is immense.

>Is it something you SHOULD do for writing reasons?
Sure. I think every writer has a fanfiction stage, even if they never write a word in it. They consume their books and inevitably think about what could have happened instead. Some act on these thoughts, others don't.

>TL;DR fanfiction is about exposure and as much as it is an act of service
Yeah. Why is your post trying to make fanfiction into something controversial?

>>9427352
Get really, very, truly familiar with one subject. Practice speaking on it. Make some powerpoint slides. Give your brief to yourself or to a willing audience. Take questions. Practice until you can answer questions on the subject off the top of your head.

Keep doing this with new subjects until your confidence has increased.