/lit/ - Literature

>>4359516
'a metal mask with two eyeholes and a ridge down the center.'

>>4356310
god I hope that this isn't really you.

I would consider myself all of those things also but the difference is I'm quite certain that I'll be a complete failure

>>4358317
why?
Most would say Beckett was an imitator of Joyce anyway, and he was a success nonetheless.

Maybe publishers will take note of me being eighteen?
I plan to finish this before i turn nineteen

Heller? Please

England

Shakespeare obvs

William Blake

Verne (I Assume foreign means written in a different language)

Beckett

>>4356099
i don't think so. But I have probably mentioned having suicidal tendencies in the past.

It's usually about this time of year anyway.

I'll bump this a coupla times for anybody with any interest

>>4355340
awh shit I watched this in catalan as a child and it has seriously stuck with me since.
I sometimes have surreal nightmares about that king

here's a reminder to you guys who have forgotten: it's my handwriting

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EYjExS_7TrdEYPjR_Bep9Di2qyMwxwXZwpw42RJV0UE/edit

this is for people who wanted me to update them on my progress through my writing.

I am eighteen and thought it to be about time I penned something solid to paper.

I type it up and cringe at the likelihood of it all being a silly cliche. But I hope that somebody here has the time to offer tasteful and helpful critique so I can make it better.

>still haven't even thought of a good plot.
>mfw

>>4355670
just downloaded it. will read it tomorrow once I've finished dubliners

>>4355653
I'll buy it, if I can't find a pdf. thanks for the rec

>>4355644
I have read it and did very much enjoy it.
I wouldn't relate to christopher boone personally though.
it was a long time ago so will do again. thanks for the response

>>4355566
oh yeah, forgot to add:
>plz respond

>>4351753
the wasp factory

>>4351767
molloy

>>4351771
one flew over the cuckoo's nest

>>4351781
catcher in the rye

>>4351955
his dark materials

>>4351956
the knife of never letting go

>>4353726
the picture of dorian grey

>>4353763
my family and other animals

>>4353782
ulysses

>>4353808
the divine comedy

>>4353813
animal farm

>>4353844
the odyssey

>>4353847
don't know mate

>>4353849
>>4353856
seconding hume

>>4353865
the road

>>4353869
harry potter maybe

>>4353884
treasure island

>>4353956
some sherlock holmes shit I dunno

>>4354010
war and peace

>>4354054
bukowskiskiskiski

>>4354692
brave new world

>>4354811
the language instinct

whelp I'm done for now

narcissistic, self loathing, curious

I think about suicide regularly, and about how others may perceive me or judge me. How people think of me in the street and whether or not they hate me yet.
I think about physical processes a lot. I obsess over machinery and can't move on until I figure out how it works. I know the mechanics and mathematics of every part of a car and often take apart menial devices to feel familiar and comfortable with them.

I am scared of disappointing my father and I fear becoming a failure

to be honest guys,
I'd much rather read a beautifully written buck about nothing than a fractured and illiterate sob story.

this is why game of thrones and lord of the rings and harry potter will never be considered 'literature'

and anime will never be considered 'art'

I'd be willing to record audiobooks and upload them.

I read out loud for audiences a lot so have practice.

I can read a fairy tale right now and upload it. If it transfixes you I'll record a novel of your choice (or perhaps one of my choice if you have no preference) for your journey.

I'll charge nothing. I need a project to occupy me tonight so I don't kill myself.

>>4352479
this is a regional thing. That is how we speak in the countryside.
'seated' implies somebody placed me or ushered me to the seat.
'I was sitting' doesn't sound right
you can surely not criticise any author to use colloquial terms

>>4352465
yeah, I wrote it on the cuff. no editing.
comma splicing is very common and most people do it a couple of times here and there before editing it out.
other than that I don't see a problem

>>4352464
whatever mang

I just think of all the starving negroes in the world and realise I have it easy.
then I hate myself even more because I'm self absorbed.

>>4352442
>with the prose a mental patient
IC wot u meen

I'm fairly confident I'll come up with a plot half way through the novel

>>4352399
hmm.
I'll try
it's just I'm not very imaginative and don't have a feel for pacing.
I would end up despising myself if I wrote a soap opera.
my biggest inspirations are hemingway mccarthy and beckett so I guess I'm going to end up pretty empty prose anyway.

>ps the document has comments enabled now so you can further insult me under the guise of anonymity if you feel fit

>>4352384
thanks man :)
will work on it x

>>4349539
I'm guessing cervantes

whatever it was, made me chuckle heartily