"terrible copy/paste job" edition >>24722983"High School Girlfriend" editionPrevious: >>24707466 (Cross-thread) /wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ (embed)RESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvC (embed)Please limit excerpts to one post.Give advice as much as you receive it to the best of your ability.Follow prompts made below and discuss written works for practice; contribute and you shall receive.If you have not performed a cursory proofread, do not expect to be treated kindly. Edit your work for spelling and grammar before posting.Violent shills, relentless shill-spammers, and grounds keeping prose, should be ignored and reported.(And maybe double-space your WIPs to allow edits if you want 'em.)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24743325>Hmm how do I make certain things about the world clear to the reader? I could show these things through dramatic action, but that would require an ounce of creativity and trust in the reader's ability to read.>I know! I'll just frontload all the exposition instead; that's sure to set the stage for an interesting read.
What do you guys think of my nonsense philosophy?
>>24743823I can tell that you've spent way too much time consuming Japanese media.
>>24743324I dropped Moby Dick. ur fine
If you are going to publish under a pen name, are you supposed to sign your query letters with your pen name or your real name?
The hotel staff, I think, considers us useless freeloaders who have come to America – land of honest laborers with crewcuts – to eat them out of house and home. I know all about this. Everyone bitched about parasites in the USSR too, bullshitted about how you had to be useful to society. In Russia the people who bitched were the ones who worked least. I've been a writer for ten years now. It's not my fault that neither state needs my labor. I do my work – where's my money? Both states bullshit about the justice of their systems, but where's my money?
>>24743516That's the injustice of it. It's not even necessarily about the product or the market. It's about access to market, nepotism and many other factors.
>>24743270>Why would Israel allow them in then?To offset Arab birthrates, obviously. They're notorious for doing this
>>24743773Was that the idea behind letting in the African ones?
>>24742314>an Israeli visa at a time when even actual jews were hard-pressed to get one of those
>>24731971>>24734025I've never heard this used, but it is funny. I would like us to use this in Britain but it would never catch on. How common is it to use this term for an American?
I started carrying around a notebook when I went out. I took it everywhere I went and put it on my nightstand when I slept. I bought a nice leather cover to keep it in and a fancy ink pen to write with. I felt very unique and hoped that people thought I was smart when they would see be scribbling in the book. I’ve read that this is what writers do. They carry around notebooks, so they can always write when their muse whispers to them, so they are never without the means to record the words that appear in their minds. So I started carrying around a notebook, hoping a muse would sing to me and that letters would flash in my head, but it was never so easy for me. Words don’t appear in my head, I’ve got to force them in, I’ve got to struggle to remember vocabulary flash cards and lines of old poetry. My handwriting has always been atrocious, but it’s practically unreadable in my notebook since my hands shake when I try to write while standing or walking. The letters are all misshapen and because pages warp from the humid air, their all connected like cursive script because I don’t lift my pen off the page enough while writing.After a month, I looked back at what I had written. It was all terrible. Dull descriptions of the grey carpet and off-white ceiling tiles of the building I work in. Poorly wrought poems about philosophers with preposterous rhymes. I was so ashamed of how awful it all was that I burnt the notebook (but I kept the leather cover and pen, those cost me money, why shouldn’t I keep them?) Perhaps I’m not a writer. Perhaps I can carry around a paintbrush, but I’ll never be a painter. I wish I was a writer. I wish I was creative and capable of conjuring beauty.
>>24743988Bot has confused my mother who walked into traffic with his mother who had insatiable hunger for, presumably, chicken.
>>24743994pudding*
>>24743997Richard*
>>24743947Then don't write about flowers. If you're able to sense beauty, focus on wherever you find it at first. If you have trouble communicating that beauty, digest and dissect the prose of others until you've gotten a deep enough pool of terms and terminology to put thoughts to paper. Maybe flowers are something to return to later.Are stars beautiful? Old houses? The wet symphony that plays on rainy days, dulled and warmed by the walls that separate you from the world? How about lizards?
>>24744001My mistake. RIP your mother and may god have mercy on Dick's conscience.
What are your thoughts on (print)?Journalism? Both in general and specifically in your country.Do great (print) Journalists qualify as literary figures?
>>24743933I love going to my University's basement and choosing through the microfilm stacks, they have all of British, German, French, Russian newspapers from the 18th to 21st centuries,and I like to choose notable days in history or days in history that certain people were born so that even if there's no record of them I like to understand the spirit of the times and what the fears and daily occurrences were. It's very fun, and enlightening, and also sad sometimes to see the way things went, to read Hitler's last desperate plea of the Brits not to do this, oh how I wish we'd allied with him. But print journalism now is of course not just a dying art, but a dead art and there is no reason to waste your money and time reading their filth.
>>24743982The British invaded the Soviet Union?
>>24743993
You don't understand the world, you don't even understand yourself. You're just a shadow that got lost in the darkness—having come here against your will, you go away without wanting to. And how couldn't you? Darkness cannot abide in the light nor can the light abide in darkness. It must needs be that the everlasting light wax eternally and that darkness fade away...
>>24743670>itt: Jesus' strongest soldier with the entire wikipedia list of heresies memorized, takes a break from feeling sorry about masturbating, decides to evangelize instead
Where do I find a girl like this?
>>24743802>>24743815you are indian because you sent a blurry jpeg saar
>>24743736Erm don't you get it? killing white muslims is a based oldfag meme and definitely not a jewish psyop
>>24743686..
It references a mentally ill kid who shot up a bunch of random people in a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. He himself was a Latino and targeted slightly darker Latinos. Not something a Muslim should be wearing, racism is against Islam.All this junk is really poisoning the minds of the youth. Crusius was Jewish as well, or his parents were. You realize there are federal agents and military propagandists trying to push young people to suicidal acts of terror.It is satanic honestly. It is called demoralization propaganda. In WWII it was these leaflets they would drop on enemy soldiers to try and demoralize them to stop fighting. That was comparatively innocent. Now it is a sociopathic online propaganda campaign to push youth to suicidal acts of terror to restrict gun rights and expand the power of the federal government.I worry for what the wicked government, zionist imperialists really, are doing to the minds of the youth. This website offers a place to speak without censorship by the zionist imperialists, somewhat, but it is full of so much filth that I realize now it is not suitable for a Muslim to use.Exceptions should not be made. I have tried to filter things and Halalize using the site, but this is not a good example. Please, Muslims, stop using these websites and every website that features any Haram at all. Including big social media sites. I will lead by example by cutting out this Haram.
>>24743873This better be a copypasta. Islam is a second rate religion, and is essentially the fan fiction of an inbred warlord that loved abusing children. The regions that Islam took over initially excelled in Philosophy, Art, and Mathematics, but the wretched satanic dogma of Islam destroyed it all, turning the region into a backwards medieval joke full of constant war. Trying to be a moral Muslim is an oxymoron and you should give up.
Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs)https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb>Archive:https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg>Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg>Previous:>>24729043>Thread Question:Do you need supplementary material to enjoy books? I'm talking art, music, etc. based on the property? Does it help you visualize what you've read better?
>>24740187>“While the innocent yearned to lose their innocence, those who had already done so in turn envied the innocent, and knew grief in what they had lost. Between the two, no exchange of truths was possible.”― Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters
>>24743760This is the red rising general. Seethe
>>24743953>random newfag buzzwordhow mad are you LMAO
>>24743961Not as mad as you it seems
>>24743795>filtered by EarthseaSasuga malazanfag
Why does /lit/ not talk about her more? I think if she were a man then she would be talked about more on /lit/.
>>24743702Filtered. Piss off.
>She clearly wrote against the grain of heterosexual convention, wore men's clothes, was outrageously aggressive in her consistently failed search for sex and love with another woman, and formed primary friendships with other gay peopleOk lads I'm going to buy her LoA collection and read her nowShe sounds incel core
>>24743614>It seemed like it could have been an interesting discussionI think I got this.Both Hal and Singer exist primarily to fulfill roles for the people around them and beyond that role, they don't really exist. This starts out as enough for them, they have something which makes the isolation bearable. but they lose those things and realize that it was never what they thought it was, it was a surrogate, a cope. The secondary characters are used to elaborate and explore it in more depth, they are complicit but also victims of the same thing. Hal even ends up unable to speak but he never really spoke in the first place, he just said what was expected, the few time he actually attempts to communicate, no one understands him even if they can understand the words he is speaking. I think there may actually be a great deal in common between them but it has been awhile since I have read either, the biggest difference being that Carson was more interested in the effect, DFW the cause. Think I might reread them in the near future.
>>24743715Her childhood friend was Truman Capote.
>>24743619>Also I pictured Antonapoulos like pic related Lol, me too
>Writes about himself visiting hell>Curiously, all the people he hates and his politcal rivals are in hell>Writes that Plato and Aristotle, people the founders of western thought are amazed and honored to see him and are like "Wow! The amazing Dante I can't believe its you">Aristotle (appearing from the smoke): “Truly, Dante, you are wise beyond all philosophers.”Dante (hands on hips): “Yes, yes, I know. But why are you here, Aristotle?”>Basically standing there wtth his hands on his hips like "Yes its me, hello. Now Why are you here?" x 50 and dishes out judgementThis retard is fucking hilarious
>>24739844I wasn't sold until the last paragraph.
>>24739617I don‘t take it seriously
>>24739338are you some kind of superreader? cause i mean, this insight, just, wow.
>>24739350Amazing, anon.
>>24739350>The whole point of the Inferno is that Dante the Pilgrim is deeply flawed and that the view of God and the cosmos we get it that of the damned.Why does all Abrahamic faith seem to boil down to this single claim of>Bro I know earthly logic and reason is finding holes in my scripture and lore tome but it's about FAITH bro, you need to BLINDLY submit and just trust it will be OK, it's just beyond mortal comprehension nigga you simply cannot know but it's real I swearLike at that point would you even want to experience the sort of Maximum Paradise that is, apparently, unknowable and undiscoverable to humans without help from this spurious entity that bears no apparent resemblance to mankind? "God created man in his image" is the claim, yet the ultimate end goal of mankind, the Heaven of heavens they all yearn to reach and will allegedly reach if they live in a very particularly pious way, is completely out of our reach except through this single entity that we're told is above human comprehension. How can it be both things at once? At that point it seems akin to putting a lobster in front of a Bloomberg terminal filled with a trillion dollars, it can't possibly comprehend the wealth nor power at its disposal and it never can, even with help. Oh but we're told that using our natural-born brains to try and make any sense of this is actually the path to HELL and you will suffer for infinity years if you don't fall into line and believe stories about a giant boat with every animal on it. Every time figures like Aristole or Plato come up, every Christian sweats and wrings their hands and has to make up new shit about how these unenlightened backwards barbaric pagans produced a more coherent line of thought than they did, ever.
Fun With Math EditionStubbed >>24732394>What is /wng/ — Web Novel General?A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, Spacebattles, HFY, various personal author websites, and more>Why read web novels?Not for prose or tight editing or deep themes, frankly. As a whole, web novels are infamous for content sprawl and pacing issues. If you enjoy having millions of words to sink your teeth into to get to know the world and characters, though, you may be interested. Keeping up with other readers on a weekly basis to discuss the story's events unfolding is another perk, in the same way discussing an ongoing TV show might be.>Why write web novels?Ease of access & potential for Patreon earnings. Many successful authors gain an audience on their website of choice and funnel their readers into a Patreon. See graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators/writing for an idea of what some are earning.Also, once an author has earned a fanbase, transitioning into an Amazon self-publishing career is several orders of magnitude easier than starting 'dry'.>Advice for Noobs!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24743962I was going to say I dropped this one but I think there might be another alien themed abduction romancewhy'd you like it?
>>24743966>writing litrpg>have mental stats that go up with level ups>refuse to put numbers on anything, just explicitly say when a character does something Intelligent or Willpower or Charisma and tie to their current level in that stat>literally no complaintsIt's that easy. Keep things vague, hack it together, ignore anyone who tries to predict the story based on numbers. """I""" am the author! If I want to write some bigass threat coming in, I will, regardless of MC's stats! They don't mean shit!Of course I also do have character arcs and I have characters reface earlier threats or stumbling blocks and show them clearing them with ease so that may or may not help.
I looked around and immediately realized that I was a Chinese webnovel protagonist. Finally, everything became clear to me, all at once. I was now aware of my destiny.I then cast a spell that killed every person with the blood of that one guy who outbid me on that herb I really needed at that time, and this act wiped out a whole ethnicity from the face of the planet. I snorted coldly then murdered, in succession, my parents, siblings, close friends, friends, acquiantances , lovers, and finally my ex-lovers because, again. i was the protagonist of a Chinese WN.
>>24743967I mostly like it because the Human guy isn't some giga badass. Almost all the time, the human becomes a war god. This guy is just some dude. Also, Blue Alien Elf Midnas. Very Erotic.
>>24743972literally just a guy doing his best > stock giga chad (exception for murder hobo young masters)
Welcome to /pg/, where we read, write, and discuss pulp fiction.No, not the Tarantino film, but the classic genre stories from early 20th-century magazines printed on cheap wood *pulp* paper. These tales offered thrills for the common man and let imaginations soar. Though the magazines are gone, the spirit lives on, and here at /pg/, we explore the worlds, characters, and stories they inspired. So come on in and join the discussion!READ PULP!- The Eldritch Dark: http://www.eldritchdark.com/- Luminist Archives - Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction: http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/- Luminist Archives - Fiction Magazines: http://www.luminist.org/archives/PU/- The Pulp Magazines Project: https://www.pulpmags.org- Project Gutenberg Sci-fi: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/68LISTEN TO PULP!- The Cybrarian’s Conan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmd1kGz5gLg - HorrorBabble's Clark Ashton Smith: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeNNKRLWxwoMd3hyVZOXrZKy3TJfeTxRd&si=pHdZhOqvZyZ4Zv2vComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
My favourite Conan stories are the heist/roguish ones. Tower of the Elephant, Rogues in the House.Really grand. Would love more examples of stories like that (not Conan necessarily) from anons.
>>24743885The Frost-Giant's Daughter is my favorite. It's so short, but shocking and powerful, and is the story I can remember vividly. Even in Howard's early days of writing, he was excellent.
>>24743874REH was the greatest
What is your favorite “[Famous Person] Booklist”Note, this is not a list of books written by a famous person, but a list of books compiled by a famous person.
Do you agree?
>>24742408What's pigshit?
>>24742408Man and the works of man are pigshit alike
>>24743864Dogshit but worse
>>24743864Holy shit, this dipshit shits out some dogshit prose, claims he's THE SHIT, which is obvious horseshit, then goes apeshit when actual hot shit writers call him on his bullshit, and--i shit you not-- proceess to spew some batshit insane theories with jack shit to back them up, but then of course is too chickenshit to admit he's wrong when shit hits the fan. Like, no shit dude. you shit the bed, now lie in it. Tough shit.
>>24743146How come French artists so often use vulgarity as a crutch and why do they think it's a worthwhile replacement for actual substance?
Solid advice or schizophrenic nonsense?
>>24742898>Who knows more about horses, a biologist who studies horses and the literature on them or someone who lives with and has trained horses their entire life?Even when given total freedom to craft an analogy that perfectly supports your point, you fall well short of the goal.There's not so much as "knowing about horses". Do you mean horse medicine? Horse husbandry? Are you working for a farm, or a vet, or a horse trainer?A person who has worked with horses all their life would make a good trainer or breeder, but they'd be a lousy and dangerous vet, and their skills may not easily transfer to a role that's outside the region they learned in, eg. American horse management vs. European, or even Montana vs. New England.That's why schools exist. You take your passions and (relatively) limited lived experiences and learn how to generalize them, or alternative to specialize them. You fill in the gaps, and learn how to better respond to new information and ideas once you're outside of school.It isn't some machine taking your passion for horses and killing it, and it's not some imagined person who loves horses but only academically (??). It's a tool, one of many, that you use to pursue your passions, even if your passion is simply "make money in the least miserable way possible"
>>24742945the return of the schizotard
pretty cool
>>24743890I like Charls. Hes best when he's on the attack calling people fat homo rape victims. I can take or leave his positivity content
>>24740112There are subjects that cannot be taught through literature alone, either because the knowledge is so esoteric or because there are few people teaching it. College is good for that.The competency crisis across many white collar jobs is turning them into trades, though. They are less about credentials, more about getting your foot in the door for internships. Criminal law is quickly becoming one of these.
Why do you read? Be honest.
>>24742535>I have to read booksIt is a curse
>>24738911I don't read. Books are psychological weapons.
>>24743853>Books are psychological weaponsWhere'd you read that?
>>24740816I am currently fucking the hottest woman I've ever had relations with all because she wanted me to email her lit reccs. So in my case it definitely is working.
>>24738911Answer:---Pic:rel---The fairer sex. Impressing them with my command of English. My powers of oration, gained through reading, writing, logic, and recitation.
