/lit/ - Literature

>>3637072
is tar an insult or am i supposed to know what that means? also brie sucks

>>3637062
what does he drink? any drugs or just booze?
Any sex? does he fall asleep in his own vomit?
(these are all serious questions )
Wait is character a man or women?

>>3637041
what the hell is that?
>issue 18 of /lit/ writers

>>3637031
i am writing a story about a deaf mute teenage girl who runs away from home after being molested then has to struggle to live on the street becomes a criminal which leads to a conflict with the mafia and then is put into witness protection in a (secret plot twist)

>>3636504
my problem is not comprising a background story but a fear that the character will not seem genuine
>And keep in mind that, ect.....
i am not fucking stupid i get that deaf people are human beings

HAS ANYONE ON /LIT/ EVER WRITTEN A STORY ABOUT A CHARACTER THAT DOES NOT SHARE THEIR skin color, age, gender, or just has a totally alien life experience from their own
If so did you find it difficult?
If so what did u find difficult about it?
and what was the difference from other characters you have created

WHY DOES /LIT/ ALWAYS HAVE SO MANY ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS I DIDN'T ASK?

>>3636742
there i assume i fixed it if not tell me what more i should change or i wont know

His eyes captivated mine so much i missed that is fingers were fluttering just in front of his chest. I grabbed his hands so we could start over; and then I introduced my self in sign. He made a flourished bow and then signed "Good evening mistress". He grabbed my bags and motioned that I follow him up the stairs.
I was lost in appreciating the surroundings when he tapped me on the shoulder at the top of the stairs; then he signed "It is a pleasure to meet you", with so much enthusiasm his hand could hardly sit still in his palm, "You are our only guest at the moment and this entire floor is yours". This confused me so i mimicked his sign then proposed a correction "that my room was on this floor". I could see the glee light up in his eyes and then his hands pounded against each other as he emphatically signed "Mistress this is your home and the (he spelled out) E N T I R E T Y of this floor is your (he spelled out) R E S I D E N C E"

>>3636646
here is an example of a sign language X has had

His eyes captivated mine so much i missed that is fingers were fluttering just in front of his chest I grabbed his hands so we could start again and then i introduced my self in sign. He made a flourished bow and then signed "Good evening mistress" He grabbed my bags and motioned for me to follow him up the stairs. I was lost in appreciating the surroundings when he tapped me on the shoulder at the top of the stairs the signed "It is a pleasure to meet you" with so much enthusiasm he hands could hardly sit still "You are our only guest at the moment and this entire floor is yours". I was confused so i mimicked his sign then proposed a correction "that my room was on this floor" i could see the glee light up in his eyes and then his hands pounded against each other as he emphatically signed "madem this is your home and the (he spelled out) E N T I R E T Y of this floor is your (he spelled out) R E S I D E N C E"

i call it difficult because i don't speak sign so i don't know which signs would cause a hand to slap down or which require an exaggerated motion

>>3636588
she didn't really she was just my least favorite cause she was so apathetic in the beginning my fav was the track star with no legs

I am just not that big on VN i feel they move to slow but katawa shoujo was special. i haven't played it because i lost the file and i just haven't really felt motivated to get it again. but i encourage those who didn't play it to check it out my apathy shouldn't discourage anyone who is reading this

>>3636568
no i didn't do her route i didn't play that deep into the game. i am a bit shallow and got weirded out by the character that paints with their feet

>>3636542
yes i played that game i liked it, havent finished it so no spoilers
It is something that showed me that deaf people are often overlooked in most stories i have read.
In the game she has a interpreter and i don't wish to use that easy out.

>>3636529
thank for your encouragement but yes i am lazy i wish to change that i don't intend to only use text messages but i was explaining what i saw as a problem. This is something i need to consider in my writing and i was asking if anyone else has had similar difficulties and if you might shed light on my problem with your own experiences

>>3636518
Interpreter's are occasionally provided i have some experience talking to them but for the purposes of the story the girl X is in a situation where her lip reading and texts allow here independence and the school is a private school so certain things will be completely fictional.

Wow i did not expect such a fast response but i will address the post as fast as i can

>>3636494
I know that and there are characters that will use sign language with her but that's one of my problems it is easier for me to write the dialogue in a text conversation then noting each nuance in a sign language conversation where body language is very important(no pun)

I am at work and will have to go AFK occasionally, but i will be sitting here waiting for response till 11pm here. Which means in 5 hours i will be gone for 1 week so plz post something before then thank you.

>X
She is not at a school that provides a interpreter and her fellow students don't know sign language. also the text allow her to have private conversation while in class

HellOh /lit/ I am having trouble writing for a character and wanted to see if you could relate.

I generally write Main characters that are white male middle aged or younger and come from lower income backgrounds because that is my personal experience in life and i don't have trouble making them feel genuine.
My problem is i have come up with a Main character that is a white, deaf, mute, teenage girl. I fear i can not make her seem like a real person because her perspective is so alien to my own.

I will be bumping this topic with dialogue from my story to see what feed back i can get.
The girl X communicates with her classmates through text messages.

>>3635990
i like to listen to jazz, classical, or techno(because no lyrics) because my roommates are loud, my work is loud and my commute is loud.

i like audio books because they let me listen to books i don't intend to ever read and they are free. also Graphic audio is an amazing product. Also i like old radio plays like "The shadow"

But it has been stated on /lit/ that i am a retard and should kill my self to protect the gene pool (its hasn't really been said but i get that feeling sometimes from some people here)

>>3429208
Cooking for my family is the most-fulfilling thing i do on a daily basis. I feel like a chef when i make lo mien out of Ramen.

>>3429021
you sir i think is the person that is deluded. A writer isn't some deity that walks among us. Is Anne Frank suddenly not a writer. I think your angry at hipsters and wannabees.
When i cook on thanks giving i feel like a chef.
when i help my friends kid with home work i feel like a teacher.
When i fix my toilet i feel like a plumber.
When i take care of a sick friend i feel like a nurse.
These are all titles and while i might not be a nurse teacher chef or plumber i do the action that they do and i can do a passable job on occasion.
I mean is James Madison not considered a writer because the constitution is a legal document should he have written poetry so he might receive your high praise?

>>3428980
First i wanna thank you for your insight and concern and i appreciate the fact that you did respond instead of skipping me over but i need to rant now

Man what is with everybody on /lit/ and telling my what will keep me from being successful u don't even know what my goals in life are why is it that if i love to write i must be trying to be the next Hemingway. news flash i don't care about success writing is a hobby i am not an artist. writing is how i choose to express my self its therapeutic i used to do graffiti for the same reason i didn't want to become Rembrandt i just wanted to paint some shit where people might see it when it got painted over i didn't blow my brains out i think you guys stress your selves out about being published and are transferring those emotion onto me. I appreciate the concern but i am comfortable in my ability and have come to terms long ago that i would not write professionally but i wont stop writing just because of that if you would then you never cared about your writing to begin with. thank you for reading my thoughts

>>3428969
I find this topic of discussion more interesting then the one i started so i am abandoning this thread and starting one about language.

>>3428974
i think this a very apt point no one identifies themselves as a wanker others must announce it in public. but then maybe no ones is a writer until they are dead and the only thing left of them is the body of work they left behind so they are a writer because they only exist in what they have written.

>>3428864
Thank you for responding even thou my poor grammar turned you off. I can understand the fact that when people use language in correctly it is irritating but i wrote a story once that was about the fact that language is an ever evolving index and while we might agree thanks is the proper spelling of the word i think when i use thanx instead you do receive more of my intention because it implies laziness, gayety, slang, leisure and the brief amount of time i spent thinking up the response. I think while the usage of incorrect grammar might irritate you it is because my choice of that word is correctly interpreted by you and my intentions for the use of the word is what is irritating to you.

>>3428695
thanx for still reading
i forgot to mention how i proposed to create the singularity i think if u have multiple liquid metal hydrogen magnets rotating in a sort of oval mouth opening the overlaping magnetic Fields would would create energy if the energy was great enough it would create a "event horizon" so the new energy couldn't escape the energy would build up until it created a true singularity at the point of the cone and a event horizon the expands forward like a ray until the device it turned off by spinning the magnets in reverse (which seems like bull) so that the singularity would deteriorate fast

So here is more fake science
Cryogeneics - i think that if a body can be put into a chemical coma then immersed in a liquid that acts as a "greasing agent for the process of osmosis" and if this agent could allow the osmosis through the entirety of the body proteins and minerals could be replenished and if the liquids freezing temp is lower then the freezing temp of water the body could be slowly brought down to a temperature where the biological process of deterioration would slow to the point of almost stopping.