/lit/ - Literature

>>20635527
I've been reading 1 poem and 1 short story for 200 days so far. I can't find enough essays to read but I've read quite a few. I really liked Eudora Welty's essays.

>>19583658
>Bradbury is a middling writer at best
I've been reading this sentiment a lot this week on /lit/, can you explain what all makes you feel this way? I've heard some anons say his points are platitudes, is there something wrong with his prose too? I do like the musical voice he has. Makes me wonder if the other authors I like are considered not that good here.

>>19432653
Think of a single plot thread and develop it. Read a short story every day and it will give good examples of how things get developed as well as the prose itself.

This morning I read "The Long Rain" by Ray Bradbury which is essentially a milieu story, which is exploring what happens when characters are put into an environment and how they get out of it. Four men are trying to get out of a never-ending Venusian rainstorm and under a Sun Dome. The main theme that comes from that journey is despair. There's just enough false hope and different kinds of despair attacking them, and makes for a good setup for the resolution.
Here it is if you'd like something to read:
https://ghostbin.com/3yBiE