/lit/ - Literature

>>2553422
Nice. Comedy is difficult. You're lucky to be able to achieve it.
I want to be a writer/director. Of movies. I'll take the script around town when I'm finished and hopefully get picked up. But, in today's cinema landscape, up-and-coming filmmakers are extremely lucky to even get a meeting with producers.

>>2553402
No problem bro. And no, I don't have anything produced yet. I'm just 19 and working on my first script (but I like to think of myself as an oilman). As for what you should read, I'm always pushing science fiction (it's the natural progression from fantasy (well, it was for me anyways)). I would recommend the Dune series, The Diamond Age, or More Than Human. Or the Foundation series. These get thrown around a lot, but you should know the mainstream before you dig deeper.
Television is in its golden age right now. So much money is getting put into each episode.... That means there is a greater chance of success, if that's what you want to do.

>>2553309
Here's the thing. There are two types of significant artists: experimental (a) and conceptual (b). It is important to know which you are and either way you should write all the time if you want to be a writer. This will get the ideas flowing. But when it comes to your work, if you have a specific plan/vision in mind, it should pretty much write itself (c). It seems to me that you would be more experimental. Just write in your free time and see what comes of it.
>>2553327
Reading shitty teen books is probably the worst thing you can do. And don't read books about writing. Read the actual books and learn from them. Think about what the books DO, then figure out how.
a) Experimental innovators are more trial and error. They keep on perfecting their technique. (i.e. Master)
b) Conceptual innovators have a plan in mind to take the ideas they have discovered and advance them to the next level. (i.e. Genius)
c) I can't speak on writing novels (I'm a screenwriter), but I'm sure there is some crossover.

>>2552424
One of the things I remember from my English class is this self-improvement plan that Benjamin Franklin proposed (one of the suggestions was not scratching your genitals in public (I guess that was a significant problem back then (lol))).

Writing is less about your imagination and more about the experiences you've had. Imagination is good for big, broad ideas, it's very hard to fill in the smaller details without drawing from your experience.

Sampling is common practice in the music
industry and is making its way into film (P.T.
Anderson (a) and Quentin Tarantino (b)).

>Will sampling become common in literature (c)?
>Should sampling become common in literature?
>Is sampling progressive or regressive?

a) samples director's styles
b) samples genres, dialogue, and scenes
c) Axolotl Roadkill (2010) lifted many lines from other writers

>>2531717
Okay: Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, or Hercule Poirot?

Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

>>2531675

>He was almost three meters tall and morbidly obese, which had been why every mirror and bathtub in the house had been double-width.
>What Mario perceived as a sudden radical drop in the prevailing temperature was in fact the U.S.S. Millicent Kent's sexual stimulation sucking tremendous quantities of ambient energy out of the air surrounding them.

>>2531192
You are right. I didn't mean to ruin the thread or draw the conversation away from science fiction. I apologize.

>>2531135
I don't care so much about television, but film just so happens to be the dominant art form of our time. For better or worse, cultural impact can generally be measured by commercial success. Right now kids are being mostly subjected to vapid movies that aren't even challenging to a five year old. So if they grow up (yes, if) and if they produce art (even a bigger if), it will most likely be as bad, if not worse, than the movies we see today. It doesn't matter if some author releases a masterpiece if it only reaches a few thousand people. Pop art, believe it or not, used to actually be the best and most innovative art. And at this point in history, we are slipping. And slipping fast. This fact happens to greatly disturb me and I want to do all I can to reverse it.

>>2531107
>it's completely bizarre to say that people aren't writing this or that it hasn't happened or that it's in the future
I never said that. I just don't believe postcyberpunk has run its course yet. Mostly because it hasn't been brought into the mainstream. Postcyberpunk's innovations have enormous potential and haven't been fully explored yet.

>>2531079
Postcyberpunk is a distinct genre. Where it differs from cyberpunk is the characters are much more social, rather than loners. It is about improving society, rather than destroying it. Society is in a state of permanent technological innovation (The Singularity?), nanotechnology has vastly improved life and can solve most medical problems.

>>2531071
Prometheus is hardly a postcyberpunk work. I've only seen the trailer once, but it looks to be more similar to Sunshine or Avatar than anything else. But I still have faith that Ridley Scott will make it a great movie.

>>2531054
>>2531046
The reason postcyberpunk hasn't had as much impact as it should have is because film-makers haven't been doing their job since the mid-90's. Normally, movements in literature leak into film, but Hollywood has been sticking to formula and is much less willing to take a risk on upcomers with a new idea or adaptation. A postcyberpunk, live action movie could be all it takes to spark the public's interest in the genre and would breed more postcyberpunk works.

Postcyberpunk is the future of science fiction.

>>2530982
First of all, why all the hostility? Secondly, It's not a matter of them caring. Movies happen to reach a much wider audience than literature (especially literature from 50 years ago). People who would have never known about the books may read them if it was brought to their attention through a movie.

>>2530953
It's actually a good idea. Why? To bring Dune to a new generation.
Plus, many people (myself included) prefer movies to books.

>>2530887
True. But I'd rather they take a long time and make it a classic than rushing it out.
Yeah they've had one classic each it seems, but there are still a few classic joints that pop up here and there.
I liked 'Wu-Tang' by U-God, 'House of the Flying Daggers' by Raekwon, and Fishscale is a classic.
On Method Man: Tical is one of my favorite albums of all time, and there were a few good tracks on Blackout (The ? and Da Rockwilder).
But other than that, I haven't liked one thing he's done. He still drops some good verses here and there, but nothing like he used to. He's not worthy of the name Method Man anymore.

>>2530836
Well, it's supposedly coming out this year, but you never know with them.
I was looking forward to Crystal Meth until I saw the single World Gone Sour (Sour Patch Kids commercial).
And Liquid Swords 2 has been put on hold for Gza to release Dark Matter, which probably won't be very good.

>>2530790
Are you fucking kidding me? Inspectah Deck has spat some of the greatest verses of all time (Protect ya Neck and Triumph)! Liquid Swords is regarded as one of the greatest Hip Hop albums. Gza took lyricism to the next level. I'll give you U-God, he's complete shit, and Masta Killa, but bro you need to listen to more Wu.

>>2530765
Fif ain't shit yo.
Fifty years from now no one will know his name.
Paper plates b.

>>2528895
Yeah it's a worthwhile read. Are you planning on reading the series or will you decide that after reading Dune?