A thread for writing literary fiction, non-fiction, and other genres, and discussion of literary craft. Rococo editionPrevious: n/aBe polite and cordial. Do not feed the trolls. Share your work, but retain some grace and limit yourself. Do not spam.Follow thread prompts and discuss these exercises to enrich our understanding of the craft. Thread prompt:Write a scene where a small, ordinary object (a ticket stub, dented spoon, chipped mug) reveals a secret about the narrator. Begin in medias res with a sensory detail. End with a line that reframes the object’s meaning.
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A creased sticker clung to the cum stained shirt. Red and white, the text read "Hello, my name is:". Below that, "OP" was scribbled in black sharpie. This tells us that the owner of the object is a gigantic faggot.
>>24851431>Red and white, the text read "Hello, my name is:". Below that, "OP" was scribbled in black sharpie.This punctuation is the sign of a writer who cares about the craft.
How many times have I renounced you? Not enough. Here you are before me. How many times must I push you away?Not enough. Here you are before me. How many times must I walk away?Not enough. Here you are before me.
>>24851438>implying
>>24851315I have a fear of missing out lately, no, not of the late night parties and concerts filled with strangers you might never meet again, revolving like bright wheels of carnival cheese to come and delight. I fear there’s something beyond my scope of vision, the profound is happening that can only be captured from spending my remaining evenings sitting in a plastic lawn chair on the edge of a lake or swamp observing all life. Great cycles of birth and death happening over a matter of hours or days, creeping vines withering and birds flying from nests. Inside is the dead space, the silent tunnel where air stagnates. Even now, the loons under ferns wait out a gentle rain without me truly knowing. Starting tonight, surrounded by the sun’s nightly whimper over water, I will let a single piece of light bounce off a rock and enter my eye, where it will remain for 20 years or more.
>>24851531idgi
>For me, though, it's all about...Do you really need that comma?Can you do this?>For me though, it's all about....
absolutely riveting feedback
>>24851823Flows better with the extra comma i-m-o
>>24851531a lot of people get this close to having a significant experience/takeaway only for it to end up as pessimism and or hatred. and they live like this, fully aware of the consequences, deeming horrible things as "necessary evils", justifying their vile inconsiderate extremist behaviour towards the entire world including themselves.i appreciate the ambiguity in this brother. theres no room for nuance in the world for most people, and that's a shame.
>>24851932>i appreciate the ambiguityPeople only appreciate ambiguity in poetry because it's either short or they expect to be left with a feeling, not an answer.
