/lit/ - Literature

>>4456230
I own roughly 1200 or so niggers. My collection is divided between my plantation and my mansion, due to space limitations!

>>4436972
so essentially he's like every other human being that's ever existed ever?

I'm just wondering what a person's personal life has to do with the quality of their writing.

I read the Alchemist, and honestly it wasn't as horrible as you make it out to be. Sure it was a little force feedy, but nothing is black and white like the picture you paint.

>>4449356
top kek

>>4447093
y r u going to jail op no

>>4446063
nice b8 m8

But yes, I read it a little while ago, and there were passages I read that I just had to stop and close my eyes to digest them. Does anyone else do that?

Anyway, I know Gibran wrote at least one other sequel or something. But I found it interesting that this one book took him three years to write.

>>4442550
>>4442546
>getting worn out

what are you, a sofa? people don't get worn out, they die. I can understand being tired, and wanting rest, but I can't understand being worn out.

>>4442541
ok

>>4442066
from the thread
>Pardon my ignorance but what is DFW? Other than an airport—I'm assuming you don't mean an airport.

top kek

>>4442480
holy christ shut up you cunt

>>4442111
EEEEE EEE EEEE by Tao Lin

>hehe

>>4434221
>paulo coelho
>hehe

>>4434254
>implying

>>4434132
what I'm trying right now is planning out each scene in my head. I write it down, pen and paper because it helps me think, as in the specifics of what occurs in that scene, and then I plan to write it all out later. It's not a map but a list of scattered scenes I'm going to rearrange.

Do you have a large number of characters? I would list each one out and write out their qualities. Idk, I'm just starting to get into creative writing.

>>4433878
>>4433887
what's the difference between "in your face" lessons that are clearly spelled out, and lessons you deduce from reflection on literature? Do they not have the same aim?

I read Hesse's Siddhartha and Gibran's The Prophet and really liked them. I liked the Alchemist too, but slightly less -- honestly I felt they were offering very similar lessons. And I know the stuff about "it's the journey, not the destination."

>>4431101
change the structure, it's awfully cumbersome to read.

>>4432566
who is that

>captcha: adyFap little

>>4426787
9/10

also, a somewhat interesting read. I like the part about thinking from different perspectives. I definitely see that coming up in Calculus and such.

>>4425696
no

i was wondering if people will stop visiting thats all

do you think it will be around that long?

>>4425625
yeah sure, that's my point. like reading what I like or going on lit, those are things I like. I just don't like spending my time on literature i don't like.

will people on lit browse lit when theyre 47 years old?

>>4425598
*something

also, I like lit, it's pretty fun often times and people have some good discussions.

>>4425590
yeah true. But I'd rather spend my time doing I like than read something I don't care for.

>>4424139
>I don't half-ass literary endeavors.
but why not? I don't like wasting my time, because my time is precious.

>>4424070
idk i liked him. He's nice if you're looking for a quick and easy read with some magic surrealism.

I would start with A Wild Sheep Chase or The Elephant Vanishes. Then maybe Kafka on the Shore.

>>4424074
which books did you read by him? and why did you read multiple books if you didn't like him? just wondering. i usually stop half way through a book if I don't like it.

>captcha: biotyl books

>>4424083
>>4424083
>who is Ezra Pound

>>4424067
>>4424095
>mfw OP can't spell because he doesn't read enough.