/lit/ - Literature

>>14417006
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>>14417413
Also, please stop "cooming".

It does nothing besides wasting time and turning livable a situation that would otherwise provoke immediate repulsion and work to overcome it. In other words, it undermines your motivation to escape this nightmare.

>>14331811
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>>14331879
Also, ignore the cynicism.

This story does not seem neither more mature, nor more childish than the type of work that is succesful in the genre. It is what it is. People will say it is cringe, but you must realize most readers are teenage girls who are accostumed to plot lines of sincere love and devotion of one character for another. It's life that makes us cynical.

>>14214418
I hope God forgives me for being nice to someone else.

i’m re reading brother karamazov because i’m a brainlet with add and forgot a lot of the characters names

>>14047696
Not quite.

Your post appeals to the idea of incel culture as an expression of misoginy. Yet in reality, an "incel" (I hate this word so much) is quite a different beast.

Why? Contrary to popular belief, simply "having sex" does not heal the "incel". If that were the case, prostitution would suffice. Incels, however, statistically never seek prostitutes like a normal man would do when aroused. The issue for them does not seem to be untreated sex drive. What incels desperately desire is the idea that somebody wants them exactly as they are. Sadly, the answer for them (who are the majority of men) is a clear and resounding "No". Most times, "Never".

Keep in mind: these are damaged, isolated people with weak family friend oversight. Normal moms and dads, as incredible as this may sound, want grand kids. They model how men and women should behave and will worry when their child seems to be a failure in the date market. Normal friends will have relationships and even if they don't push their "possible incel" bud into a relationship, they will make him feel wanted. But let's not kid ourselves: people with terrible family relations rarely have good friends, as they even lack a standard of what a healthy relationship actually looks like.

Love from the opposite sex is just a form of acknowledging that somebody somewhere wants you to exist. When you don't get that certainty neither from women, nor from anywhere else; that's when you go from a virgin to an incel.

>>13945208
What do you 'we don't do it'?

Have you missed yellow september last month? Suicide has become such an international issue that it amuses its own prevention campaign, much akin to breat and prostate cancer.

That is a status that few diseases obtain.

>>12736837
I loved this explanation and how the image summarizes it perfectly.

>>12734068
>>12734058
Anon, this is one of the most beautiful confessions I've read on this board.

You are talented! I'm sure plenty of people will identify with you.

>>12641047
I'm happy no one hates me.

>>12638120
On clothes:

A common sin in the YA novels I receive is that they will go on and on about the characters' appearances without a goal. This is not a sin of descriptions in general, but a sin of the writer. Because a character's appearance can also be useful to convey information (yes, you'll be wasting your reader's time if you describe without a purpose). If you want a subtle way of saying someone is in a hurry, you don't need to have the character say 'I'm in a hurry!'. That is trivial.

A smarter way is to describe that character's clothes according to how in a hurry they are. Their ties will have weak knots, their hair won't be properly combed, they might have coffee smudges and stains on their clothes, they'll heavy breathe, their beard might be unshaved, the possibilities are endless.

>an example about descriptions of bedroom

Dostoieviski isn't famous for descriptions. That's why you should pay extra attention when he actually describes a place. Take Raskolnikov's tiny room in Crime and Punishment, and how depressive and oppressing his shack is.

I hope these ideas were useful, OP.

>>12553425
Not my cup of tea, but I can see its value.

I'd really need to read the paragraphs around it. I mostly write idiot proof prose so that this type of issue never happens.

>>12550223
a) Have an interesting idea, or at least an average idea of a story that you can tell in an interesting way. You must know what is the story that you want to tell.

b) Make a plot outline. This plot outline must include a first scene and episode that are a summary of the plot, then a first act that builds up the plot, a second act where everything goes to hell and a third act where the character works around the problem and triumphs.

c) Decide the scenes that must happen to illustrate the three acts. These scenes will be the backbone of your novel. Remember you're not Camus, it's a bad idea to go in the hard game of writing without a game plan. You're a debut author and must strategize like one.

d) Try describing the story that you want to tell like you're explaining it to someone who sees you reading it and wants to know what the heck is it about. Include the hook and see if you can come up with an interesting angle that makes your hypothetic friend interested. If you want your book to be published, this is important. If you don't care, just skip to e).

e) If you succeeded at all the previous steps, BEGIN WRITING.

f) Have drop dead schedules. Don't spend your whole day typing if you're not having a productive day. Say to yourself: 'I'll work on this until 15 PM and that's it, no matter if I've written one page or ten.'

g) If you are stuck with one paragraph / word / moment in a scene, just skip to the next event and carry on writing.

h) Try thinking with images rather than with words. Remember that the only descriptions that matter are the ones that actually give information about the plot and tells the story. Nobody cares about your character's clothes unless you're seeking to convey information about them, hence their social status, how in a hurry they are, etc.

i) Writing is tough. Never forget this.

>>12549569
Do theater, anon. It'll solve your problem.

Why haven't you joined theater club yet, /lit/?

Control your autism and you might realize that theater is the perfect place for all semi-functioning autists. You're rewarded for reading, memorizing texts and not being your own miserable self for a few hours or so. They might even do your texts if you write something that is funny enough and are lucky enough for people to care.

The girls are actually cute and excentric enough to for you to feel attracted to them.

Also, Theater General.

>>12548314
Try doing theater, Anon.

You'll meet creative qt3,14 high energy girl and fall in love. This will make you more ambitious. Bring your A game forward, though. This type of girl has way too many suitors.

Also, I'm happy that you gave up the whole trans mistake. That was a suicide bomb waiting to blow up.