"Reading Rambo" editionPrevious: >>24684535/wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQRESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvCPlease 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.)Simple guides on writing:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>24700872it's a picture
>>24700258You could reach out to me personally if you want to swap.I have an 85K-word satirical horror manuscript in need of feedback. I posted about it looking for readers quite a few threads ago. productionblues@proton.me
>>24700859they talk about Katalepsis (lesbian cosmic horror), Pale Lights (trad fantasy, more or less), Wandering Inn (way more slice of life than actual progfantasy, but sure, technically a litrpg), Worm (capeshit with minor progression elements). there are also several sci-fi fans writing space opera shit thereessentially all long-running serials will be prog fantasy in some strict definitional sense though. but so are most actual fantasy and sci fi novels lmaoif it's popular as a web novel, they'll talk about it and not be bothered. they get annoyed when people come in with obvious trad-style writing that isn't popular anywhere on the web.
>>24700854I'm cross-referencing its recommendations with Google Maps. I'm noting locations and measuring driving distance to see what's plausible.
>My dad let his bimbo girlfriend rape me when I was 12, now I bang 19 year-old's when I'm 60!
>>24692263I unironically enjoy the Chili Peppers.
>>24692263fuck the rhcphttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlS8v0o0lo
am I on /mu/?
>>24699932you have to read to know what the thread is about, there's no rhcp lyrics about him getting raped as a pre-teen, to my knowledge.
>>24693323>music junkie gives hollywood junkie drugs>hollywood junkie takes too much and diesSounds like Rivers killed himself to me
How does he keep getting away with it?
>>24700819Weird how the entire American elite across the whole spectrum of political thought is suddenly unanimous that there are no Epstein files. Even Trump and the gang are in on it.
>>24700819What’s your problem, goy?
>>24700836Because of >>24700906The full truth about Epstein would basically expose Israel as a criminal blackmail state. It's essentially a dagger aimed right at the heart of ZOG that would stab it straight through if the truth came out. Thus all the good goys are working overtime to stop that.I hope they fail.
Write a story with five sentences or less and use the Balldo as a prop.
>>24700647>secondly anal sex is a universal behavior of simians and is common as a cultural universal in humansso is canaballism, rape, murder, robbery &c. but those aren't too good are they?
>>24700729so's drinking water, and that's pretty good.point being, there is no "rise" in anal sex to conflate with a rise in colon cancer.
>>24700008>For sale: Balldo, never used
>>24700446Its the only choice for gays.
>>24700421You fuck with your balls not your penis using this>>24700446Once you can get yourself off handsfree you will understand
Can an 110 IQ write a great novel? Is an unremarkable intellect capable of literary greatness?
>>24696983I went to a middle school that administered an iq test for entry. They never told us our scores, not even on graduation.
>>24699776Cool headcanon
>>24695833Who the fuck are you? Lol.
>>24695820I know this is said about him, but I have a hard time believing anyone with a sub 120 IQ could have written Seymour an Introduction. He either had a verbal IQ comparable to a much smarter person, or he got anxious during the test and fumbled it or something.
>>24696636I don't know about America, but in my country the college admission exam is 100% a covert IQ test, specially the verbal section. I could see someone with raw talent doing badly if they aren't used to reading long texts though. But in my personal experience, having attended the best college in my country, there was a direct correlation between intelligence and your admission score. Those who got accepted on affirmative action were with no exception at the bottom of every class no matter how much effort the school put on getting them on equal footing.
Do you think Monks are "wasting" their life? Books about monks? already read A Canticle for Leibowitz and Narcissus and Goldmund.
>>24697790Going to a bar and listening to most people talk should give anyone who isn't a slave to the flesh or the devil an inkling to become a monk.
>>24697790>Be born in a poor familyNot going to be able to join a monastery if you can't afford the endowment. Your best bet as a poor person is to become a lay brother (someone who does the grunt labor work). You would not be learning all the cool science stuff as a lay brother.
>>24698719The Koran literally praises Christian monks directly. A Christian monk named Bahira announced the prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.A Christian ascetic named Waraqah ibn Nawfal supported Rasul Allah, peace be upon him, in his early prophetic revelations. When Waraqah died, Nabi Muhammad, peace be upon him, was so depressed that he attempted suicide multiple times. Only to be saved each time at the last moment.The Early Church had a huge part in bringing us Islam. We would not have Islam if not for Christians, and Islam confirms the Torah and Gospel before it. The Koran teaches that Christians are believers that go to Heaven and are the closest spiritual brothers of Muslims.The Arab Christians of Palestine, including Bethlehem, use the name Allah for God as it is the Arabic name for God. Constantly dispelling outright lies about Islam told by zionist propagandists.
>>24700791Personally, I love Christian monks. So did Habib Allah, peace be upon him. He spent a lot of time discussing religion with the monks of Mt. Sinai and drafted a treaty between Muslims and Christians because of it. It is called the Ashtiname of Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the document is preserved at Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai today.My favorite Christian monk is Saint Francis, who was also a close friend of Sultan Malik al Kamil and therefore an early proponent of inter-faith dialogue between Christians and Muslims. It is the Sunnah, the tradition of the Prophet, peace be upon him, to have enlightened inter-faith dialogue with Christians. The religiously educated understand the value of this.
>>24700821Muslims have institutions that the West translates as monasteries, but celibate monasticism is not a thing in Islam. Muslims have Zawiyas, lodges for poor and unmarried ascetics led by a Shaykh, like an Abbot, that also serve as houses of worship and houses of learning. These institutions are generally obscure to the West and are found mostly in North Africa and West Asia (Middle East). This is what you would call an Islamic monastery, but celibate monasticism is not allowed. It is rooted in the Sunnah (tradition) of Al Suffah in Madinah. The Prophet, peace be upon him, built a platform in his Masjid (mosque) in Madinah to provide lodging for the poorest and unmarried followers of Islam. He also shared his daily meals with these homeless Muslims and lived in a small home without any luxury.Al Suffah literally means the shade, as the platform was shaded with palm leaves. The Sufi tradition, the Islamic mystical and ascetic tradition, is rooted in Al Suffah. It is the inward, intellectual aspect of Islam that is peaceful and spiritual. Some of these ascetic brotherhoods number in the millions and form an invisible network that spans nations from East to West. Some have chains of transmission directly from the Twelve Imams. Muslims also have saints in the mystical tradition.It is the Sunnah to house and feed the homeless in the Masjid. The Faqir, literally meaning poor, live full time as ascetic mystics inside Masjids and Zawiyas. They spend their days praying, meditating, studying Islam, and doing basic chores as well as economically valuable labor much like Christian monks. Christian monasteries are highly successful institutions as they take vows of voluntary poverty and spend all day working and praying. Some make cheese, candles, incense, and so on. They sell these things to provide for the monastery. Monks are not lazy, they work hard. They achieve complete economic self-sufficiency in balance with nature and in my view are the model of the perfect human society.The Sunnah is heavily influenced by Christian monasticism. For example, praying seven times a day like the Divine Office as well as voluntary fasting and charity. The Sunnah, in my view, provides the model of the perfect human society. It is like celibate asceticism without the celibacy. Shariah, translating as the clear and well-trodden path to water, provides the divine blueprint of the perfect human society where all needs are met and humanity lives in perfect harmony with nature and each other. The Shariah is the combination of the Koran and Sunnah.The mystic seeks spiritual perfection. To become an individual citizen of Shariah by strictly followint the Koran and Sunnah. The ultimate goal of the Muslim mystic is to achieve a mystical understanding of God and to reach a point where it is possible to receive divine revelations and perform miracles.
Did she write literary fiction or genreslop?
>>2470051most of it is slop but talented ripley comes close to literary fiction
>>24700515It’s genre/ crime fiction if you look at it from the outside but it has deeper commentary on society, sexuality, and that sort of stuff, even politics too, than common genre shit like Sherlock Holmes or something so she just eeks out being literary fiction.
>>24700704That one and also Ripleys game comes to mind. The one with Bruno Ganz I like. It is a tale of hopelessness >Hey Marianne. I can see!Instantly dies
>>24700726>The one with Bruno GanzHighsmith said that one isn't accurate to the source material
>>24700515>genreslopkys
>writes a scene in his book about childrens having a gangbang
>>24700868Observing things as weird and gross is actually a lot like observing things as weird and gross
>>24700882I think your post is weird and gross. I think a man masturbating in public is weird and gross. Your post is equivalent to a man masturbating in public. You're masturbating in public!!!!!!
>>24700882>It offends me therefore it shouldn’t exist
>>24700863Yes.
>>24700882You have to open a book and read it to be offended by it. A group of public masturbaters doesn't have the same barrier for entry.
Can you write better poetry than this? Give it a try.
Can someone find those two faggots from the other poetry thread yesterday? They had that really long argument about contemporary poetry. One of them got so angry he was basically frothing at the mouth kek
My modest Balkan honest friendHas never wanted better lifeI wonder why the case with him wasThat his preference really was to die
>>24698804wise words
Cunt, cunt, cuntYou're mother was a cunt onceAnd probably still is
>>24698679>my fertile, brown field>fertilized by white seed>i hate the bulb that grows inside of me>writhing>twisting>from formlessness springs being>fermenting>and parasitic>i've already made>an appointment>at the>abortion clinic> -rupi kaur
Someone redpill me on this bitch. Is she just bad, or do her books have any literary merit whatsoever?
>>24700643>Women's perversion is to be used like a fuckdoll with a meat hole or shit like being put on a dog leashThe first woman I met who confessed that her fantasy was to be a no rights no limits sex slave, I thought "huh, she's weird." The fifth time I heard this come out of other women's mouths, I thought "Christ, women are weird"Also why is it always the nerdy ones like Kuang? The SEC sorority types just want to be spanked a little, but the nerds want a psychopath to abduct them and turn them into a chained up sexdoll or some shit. You'd think more dick leads to more perversion, but it seems as if the lack of dick forces these nerdy women to turn to continuously more extreme kinds of pornography (written, visual, audio, whatever)
>>24700842>Also why is it always the nerdy ones like Kuang?It's because they're extremely repressed. Think about it: that psychotic striverism comes from a place of deep insecurity and maybe even self-hatred: a constant need to prove themselves, a perpetual need to be the best so people can't say (reveal the awful truth that) you're worthless. For a person like that, absolute debasement is a cathartic release, and the idea of simply being liberated from the entire stressful burnout rat race in favor of blind obedience, pleasure and ecstatic sensory experience is like an image of paradise.Or if you prefer to think of it another way these people are control freaks, but that kind of excessive self-control is a prison and so total loss of control is again cathartic, since it's the sum of your fears coming true. And sho on and sho on, as the greasy Slovenian would say.
>>24700860>since it's the sum of your fears coming trueSorry, didn't finish this sentence. Since it's the sum of your fears coming true *while also freeing you* is what it should say.
>>24700860This makes sense, but I really think the uninterrupted constant porn use has something to do with it. Imagine being a kid and reading "Second Fiddle In Boy Band Castrated And Turned Into Sex Pet By Cruel Fan" fanfiction before bed instead of Junie B. Jones
>>24700886Well, do you think the future cheerleaders, sorority girls and random bimbos don't? All that does to them is because they end up with decent self-esteem for various reasons so they just get laid and maybe ask the guy to spank them a little, or they get into black guys (rare, in spite of common fetishposting on parts of 4chan), or they enjoy deep throating a bit more than you'd expect someone without a clit in her pipe to do, or something else like that that's basically just a bit edgy. The ones with the fantasies about getting gangbanged raw by fifteen guys or absolutely shredded with a whip or having their limbs amputated so they aren't good for anything but getting fucked are all either nerdy overachievers or former fat girls.
Sorcery, Wizardry, Witchcraft, Psionics, and General Magic and Powers EditionFAQ:>What is worldbuilding?Worldbuilding is the process of creating entire fictional worlds from scratch, all while considering the logistics of these worlds to make them as believable as possible. Worldbuilding asks questions about the setting of a world, and then answers them, often in great detail. Most people use it as a means of creating a setting or the scenery for a story.>"Isn't there a Worldbuilding general in >>>/tg/ already?"Yes, there is. However, that general is focused on the creation of fictional worlds for the intended purpose of playing TTRPG campaigns. Here you can discuss worldbuilding projects that are not meant to be used for a roleplaying setting, but for novels, videogames, or any other kind of creative project.>"Can I discuss the setting of my campaign here, though?"If you want to, but it would probably be better to discuss it on >>>/tg/ . We don't allow the discussion of TTRPG mechanics, however. If you want to discuss stats or which D&D edition is best, this is not the place.>"Can I talk about an existing fictional setting that is not mine?"Yes, of course you can!>"Does worldbuilding need to be about fantasy and elves?"Worldbuilding, as already stated above, and contrary to what many believe, does not inherently imply blatantly copying Tolkien. In fact, there are many science-fiction setting out there, and even entire alternative history settings which do not possess supernatural elements at all. Any kind of science fiction book has an implied setting at least, which involves a certain degree of worldbuilding put into it.Old thread: >>24567943
>>24698968steampunk?
>>24667242>What kinds of magic, psychic abilities, and/or other powers exist in your world? And if multiple types exist, how do they interact with each other, if at all?There are two kinds, Aura and magic. Both are exclusive and if they interact they annihilate each other. Aura is a spiritual manifestation of force, it's like a muscle which must be trained, it is possible to gain it naturally but it acts as a force multiplier to the self so somebody who has not trained their body extensively would kill themselves using it even in small amounts. The people who use it have many different names but in my current story are Aura Knights, they train their bodies to peak performance in their early 20's and then start training but with very small applications of Aura until it reaches a superhuman level that can handle using it in most situations making them an Aura Knight. It is not possible to become one unless you have prior Aura training or are in peak condition, a 40 year old simply cannot build a body that can handle the force even to train in it. Aura only acts as largely a supplement to ones own physical strength, so even without it an Aura Knight is still far beyond a normal humanMagic is essentially an ambient force across the world. It was introduced to the world later on and is far more versatile than Aura. To use it one must channel it through their bodies and manipulate it then expel it how they desire like in flames or ice. Channeling magic also requires a strong body especially if you want to hold some in you and they undergo a weaker version of Aura training to achieve that, otherwise the moment magic enters your arm it would be shredded to pieces. Magic is generally inferior to Aura, and those who use it are outmatched by them in physical strength and skill. Due to it being far less prestigious and powerful, none of the far more powerful people in the world use it. >How do people use/gain access to the magic?I like to have it that anybody COULD do this by practice and training but in reality it's more like how anybody could become an Olympic swimmer, sure you could, but you're not. It is obscenely difficult to achieve it.>Is there anything that the magic or powers explicitly cannot doThey aren't barred from doing anything, it's just ridiculously inefficient to do things. For example using Aura outside of the body or a weapon is incredibly taxing and a waste of Aura, being far better just to empower your leg and jump off instead of pushing yourself off with Aura itself. Using something like that in a practical application is only possible by the greatest of Aura users.
>>24698979>steampunk?What does one need to remember for steampunk settings? Especially if they have magic.
>>24699803Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking.
>>24698968Why would there be? What exactly are you looking for?
4 more days.
>>24699987No one cares. Buy an ad.
>>24699987The Shilling of Schattenfroh by the Faggot Max Lawton
>>24700177Seethe.
Star wars EU books>>>all writing from the 19th century and all philosophers since plato
>>24700613I'll add some star wars eu to the reading list
>>24700625this is a good listhttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheJediPraxeum/comments/14nxtgw/star_wars_eu_reading_order_the_road_to_the_new/
>>24700635my libarry has the thrawn trilogy so perfect.
I only read the Zahn books but found them to be great. Perfect blend of all the Star Wars elements with maybe a greater emphasis on military and political elements.>>24700432Definitely agree that prequels are not amazing. They have more redeeming elements than the Disney sequels but there are a lot of aspects that just don't deliver.
>>24700162I used to really like the Star Wars EU books when I was a kid. I read the first few New Jedi Order books and the Dark Nest Trilogy, and all of the Young Jedi Knights seriesNew Jedi Order was cool, I thought the Yuuzhan Vong were fucking badass
"[...] Although Emile has no very high opinion of people in general, he does not show any scorn of them, because he pities them and is sorry for them. As he cannot give them a taste for what is truly good, he leaves them the imaginary good with which they are satisfied, lest by robbing them of this he should leave them worse off than before. So he neither argues nor contradicts; neither does he flatter nor agree; he states his opinion without arguing with others, because he loves liberty above all things, and freedom is one of the fairest gifts of liberty.[...]But do not make any mistake as to his bearing; it is not to be compared with that of your young dandies. It is self-possessed, not conceited; his manners are easy, not haughty; an insolent look is the mark of a slave, there is nothing affected in independence. I never saw a man of lofty soul who showed it in his bearing; this affectation is more suited to vile and frivolous souls, who have no other means of asserting themselves. I read somewhere that a foreigner appeared one day in the presence of the famous Marcel, who asked him what country he came from. “I am an Englishman,” replied the stranger. “You are an Englishman!” replied the dancer, “You come from that island where the citizens have a share in the government, and form part of the sovereign power? No, sir, that modest bearing, that timid glance, that hesitating manner, proclaim only a slave adorned with the title of an elector. [...]He will not be feted as a charming man, but every one will like him without knowing why; no one will praise his intellect, but every one will be ready to make him the judge between men of intellect; his own intelligence will be clear and limited, his mind will be accurate, and his judgment sane. As he never runs after new ideas, he cannot pride himself on his wit. I have convinced him that all wholesome ideas, ideas which are really useful to mankind, were among the earliest known, that in all times they have formed the true bonds of society, and that there is nothing left for ambitious minds but to seek distinction for themselves by means of ideas which are injurious and fatal to mankind. This way of winning admiration scarcely appeals to him; he knows how he ought to seek his own happiness in life, and how he can contribute to the happiness of others. The sphere of his knowledge is restricted to what is profitable. His path is narrow and clearly defined; as he has no temptation to leave it, he is lost in the crowd; he will neither distinguish himself nor will he lose his way. Emile is a man of common sense and he has no desire to be anything more; you may try in vain to insult him by applying this phrase to him; he will always consider it a title of honour. [...]"Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile or On Education
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>>24699854I'm in awe about the future of the Western world. Masses of immigrants from all parts of the world, a highly muttified upper class consisting of a few whites amongst hapa mutts, mulattoes, Indians and Jews. At most, the middle class may remain considerably white. What will be the end game of this, socially and geopolitically?
>>24699854I've had stomach pain the last hour or two. Ate Wendys and beef jerky.
I hate that I sometimes see beauty in the most minute things. It is so small that it can barely be considered art, but the feeling it produces inside me is so strong that I can't help but crave more, seeking some depth. Yet, there is nothing to search for - very little to discuss or think about. All it leaves me with is a mystery of where the beauty came from.
I‘ve been sitting in the car for half an hour instead of going to my next place because all I really want to do is jack off
Hoping someone will answer my post /x/ meets psychology books in the other thread
