/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16053195]

You do read at least 10 pages of your book everyday, don't you /lit/?

[Anonymous No.16053201]

>>16053195
Yes.

[Anonymous No.16053206]

>>16053201
Based reply.

[Anonymous No.16053208]

>>16053195
no, i listen to 15 a day and read 5.

[Anonymous No.16053804]

>>16053195
No. I usually read 0 pages a day and about 600 pages a week.

[Anonymous No.16053841]

>>16053195
I always read at least 20 pages a day even if I don't read at home.
There is something good about bus rides.

[Anonymous No.16053908]

>>16053195
Of course. Usually much more.

[Anonymous No.16053972]

>>16053195
I was doing 20 to plow through Ulysses a second time, then 40 to get through the Odyssey, but I've slowed down after that. Good point anon, I'll start again today

[Anonymous No.16054073]

>>16053195
>woke up
>made coffee and bfast
>read 100 pages of Virgin Soil
>worked out and took a shower
>made more coffee
>finished Virgin soil and it's only 15:50
The benefits of having 0 social life
Will do some grocery shopping now and then sketching practice. In the evening watch a movie and shitpost. See you then lads, have a good one

[Anonymous No.16054133]

>>16053195
Yes i write 10 pages of my book everyday how did you know?

[Anonymous No.16054334]

>>16054133
Yeah right.
Post 1 (one) sentence from your "book".

[Anonymous No.16054356]

>>16054334
And there he stood in all his benevolence and primitiveness, the being transcending the human comprehension, a nigger.

[Anonymous No.16054362]

>>16054073
NEET or just a day off? Respect either way

[Anonymous No.16054363]

>>16054334
He tripped and fell and spilled the coffee everywhere.

[Anonymous No.16054368]

>>16053195
i've read about 5 or 6 at breakfast and i'll read some more later

[Anonymous No.16054374]

>>16054133
If you're trying to write a book and you're not doing this, I don't know what you are doing all day, like, physically.

[Anonymous No.16054378]

More like 40-60

[Anonymous No.16054380]

>>16054374
Working you fucking NEET

[Anonymous No.16054392]

>>16054380
If you can't write ten pages in a 24 hour period then you aren't even trying to write a book, you're just enjoying the idea of having one day written a book.

[Anonymous No.16054399]

>>16054392
>you're just enjoying the idea of having one day written a book.
damn you got me

[Anonymous No.16054410]

>>16054392
t. writes YA fiction

[Anonymous No.16054423]

>>16053195
Did 50 of "Five Years, Four Fronts" today. It's good. Grossjohann is unapologetic about his time as an officer, and seems to have been hard as nails, but with a good sense of humor.

[Anonymous No.16054425]

>>16054392
>If you can't write ten pages in a 24 hour period then you aren't even trying to write a book
Why?

[Anonymous No.16054433]

>>16053841
I can't read on public transportation, too distracting

[Anonymous No.16054440]

>>16054425
Because you are clearly using so little of the time in your day to actually write that you cannot be said to be doing it.

[Anonymous No.16054458]

>>16053195

Journal articles, but yes

[Anonymous No.16054463]

>>16054440
>you cannot be said to be doing it
But why does writing little mean this?

[Anonymous No.16054487]

No. I usually read nothing for a few weeks/months then go on a book binge where i read for 15h or so a day.

[Anonymous No.16054514]

>>16054392
>dude like just write lmao

[Anonymous No.16054842]

>>16054362
NEET
Lost my job in March because of Covid

[Anonymous No.16054909]

>>16054463
Your question answers itself? "How does going below threshold make thing not thing" I mean you understand when your car runs out of gas it's because you're not fueling it up right? Doesnt matter that you fueled it once three weeks ago, that doesnt mean youre "fueling" it

>>16054514
Yes. I dont know what kind of goofy standards you anons have for yourself where you can't draft out ten pages in a couple hours let alone an entire day. Perhaps you haven't yet heard editing can come later? I don't know

[Anonymous No.16054927]

>>16053195
My Dutch teacher back in high school would usually sit down at 6pm to read a book and finish it by midnight

[Anonymous No.16054999]

>>16053195
Not everyday but when I do I usually read like 60 pages in one two hour session. Works for me!

[Anonymous No.16055078]

>>16053195
10 pages of shitposts maybe

[Anonymous No.16055113]

>>16053195
I've read 120 pages of Blood Meridian over two days. It didn't even feel like an effort. Do people literally not have time to read for 2-4 hours a day?

[Anonymous No.16055122]

>>16054378
That's still not very high. It should be the bare minimum.

[Anonymous No.16055134]

Does Wikipedia count? Stayed up for 3 hours reading 74 Wikipedia entries about banking, gold reserves, labor theory, law of value, commodities, and surplus. That's about 125 pages if you ask me.

[Anonymous No.16055158]

>>16055134
Still not a single coherent argument you'd find within 125 pages of a nonfiction book on economics. Even reading 125 pages of fiction will help your brain develop more than reading the sound bites of information and generalisation you find in Wikipedia articles, which are barely held to the same standard as an encyclopedia.

[Anonymous No.16055208]

>>16054073
Hey that means we're in the same timezone. Nice!

[Anonymous No.16055213]

>>16053195
I read a whole chapter

[Anonymous No.16055221]

>>16054842
That's a big oof

[Anonymous No.16055233]

>>16055134
Reading about spooks doesn't count

[Anonymous No.16055453]

>>16054909
But whats the threshold. Say someone writes 9 pages and 499 words. Does that count as writing?

[Anonymous No.16055489]

If I like a book, literally 100 a day. If I'm not reading at least 25 a day, I'm bored of the book and will likely drop it.

[Anonymous No.16055700]

>he doesn't read academic papers for breakfast
ngmi

[Anonymous No.16056787]

>>16053195
>>16054133
I try to read at least 20 a day, and smatter enough blank pages until I feel like I could actually use one line from all the shit that comes out. Some nights it’s hard to even keep focused and I shift to reading more and writing less or vice versa. I’ve been meaning to set some time in the morning but usually daily matters distract me too much to sit down.
The other day I had a late meeting and ended up laying in the couch for an hour and a scene I’ve been trying to visualize cane to me bright and sharp and I tried to get everything down as best I could, felt genuine joy and excitement from that little burst of creativity, maybe Kafka was right.

[Anonymous No.16057025]

I read an average of 96 pages per day in the last 16 days. Started a schedule on the 20th August and that helped me quite a lot in reading regularly. Could read even more if I kept the Internet off while I read

[Anonymous No.16057035]

>>16057025
>August
July*

[Anonymous No.16057051]

>>16053195
I have to finish atleast 1 chapter of a book everyday

[Anonymous No.16057096]

>>16053195
On average I read a whole book every 1-2 days. I don't ever look at the page count, I don't really care about it.

[Anonymous No.16057104]

I wrote ten pages since we had the argument about it.

[Anonymous No.16057144]

>>16054356
funny stuff

[Anonymous No.16057494]

>>16056787
Yeah I mean it's easier to read at two o clock in the day than two o clock at night

>>16057025
Wahey August 20th is my birthday

[Anonymous No.16058185]

>>16053195
Yes, though it's more in the realm of 40+ pages per day. 2/3 of the way through this Bible reading plan, pray for me to keep at it lads

[Anonymous No.16060314]

>>16053195
Yes
I want to expand my reading capacity desu, it's makes me an illiterate.

[Anonymous No.16060411]

>>16053195
more like 15 to 30 - 50 depending on the book

[Anonymous No.16060537]

>>16054392
>write ten pages per day
That's nearly 3 million words a year, which is a little more than 5 Infinite Jest's worth. You're full of shit. The bare minimum should be half a page or a page per day, not ten, which is nearly completely impossible for any writer, even if the prolific ones like Balzac.

[Anonymous No.16061418]

>>16054909
>draft out ten pages in a couple hours let alone an entire day. Perhaps you haven't yet heard editing can come later? I don't know
yea i'm guilty of that. I don't like doing that(never did aside of lose notes that consist of 5 words)