/lit/ - Literature

Don't be so formal

If you need such a formal guideline and can't figure out intuitively how to write, you are most likely too autistic for writing.

>>5300260
You might be right. But that's not going to stop me.

if you approach writing like this i promise you will not write anything good

>>5300268
Are there examples of writing which defy the options in the OP?

I hate when writers describe things. I have imagination, i dont care what u think it looks like, unless its important to the story.

>>5300273
>not liking vivid detail in your stories
>not getting sucked into a whole other world

>>5300272
riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs

>>5300273

>>5300288
Oh cool so you proved my point. If you don't stick to the OP options you end up writing drivel.

Who's awesome? You're awesome.

>>5300278
Did u read my post? I have imagination, i dont need the writer to tell me what to think. Way to go neckbeard.

>>5300278
>implying that i am going to become more immersed in the story because i know what color mrs codwallers carpet is

>>5300309
>I have imagination

Not really mate. That was complete senseless drivel written for the sake of being obscure.

>>5300313
>not understanding a good author will choose to describe only the key interesting details.

In fact rich detail leaves a lot to the imagination. Take Harry Potter for example, simplified writing but a rich, understandable world loved by hundreds of millions of people because they all share an equal understanding of the world.

Also gr8 b7

>>5300325
>Take Harry Potter for example

>>5300336
>Not using one of the most beloved franchises of all time

K m7

I just want to say I like you and wish we could be bros in real life :)

>>5300301
>drivel
you're not gonna make it

>>5300344
We're all gonna make it

>>5300325
I dont understand ur point, how can you say i dont have imagination without knowing anything of me. Lol neckbeard tips fedora

>>5300206

>Voice
Can the writing be read aloud and not sound ridiculous? If it's third person, what kind of 'person' does the narrator sound like?

I think this is the most important part of the puzzle for a lot of /lit/'s young wordsmiths. Just so much unreadable purple prose from people trying to sound smart rather than tell a story.

>>5300273
Gonna have to agree with this. It's ok to describe things if there's a reason, but it better fit in later on. Rule #1 of writing: If you could cross a sentence out and nothing else in the story would be hurt by it, then cross it out.

>>5300368
>from people trying to sound smart
well of course, isn't that the only reason 99% of the board's population is even here?

>>5300368
>>5300398
Both of these points are good.

>>5300398
"no" that is a very reductionist and poor way to look at writing as a medium. If you are looking for plot driven works, then that is fine, but that it is an awful rule to apply to all of writing. I dont care how good your imagination is, you are not going to create late 19th century Amsterdam in your head like Nescio creates it with his lush descriptions.

>>5300480
>implying "period" fiction isn't the absolue bottom of the slime at the bottom of the barrel
If someone's describing 19th c Amsterdam in that much detail, they've probably never been to 19th c Amsterdam so it's just the dude's random-ass opinion (yes, this includes historians). If the author actually is from 19th c Amsterdam, and is good enough that he hasn't been utterly forgotten by now, then he will apply >>5300398

>>5300273
I don't care what your imagination is, if the story has a picture then it will paint it

fucking entitled plebs killing the author

author intent = all

>>5300512
>Implying nescio didnt live in that time in that city
>being a disgusting plot bby

I think you should stick to game of thrones, kid. lots of great plot points there!

>>5300677
>plot bby
What the fuck does that even mean? Someone who cares about a books plot?

>>5300717
Yes.
Don't you know books are for putting lots of very pretty words in that mean nothing?

>>5300206
Allison is the best member of The Breakfast Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPZdLgOXUY

>>5302187
nope.

chicks can't hold they smoke, that's what it is.

>>5300717
Not him, but to me the plot is truly the least important element of literature.

>>5300344
Quote Joyce, thinking you get it, thinking you could write like him without years of practicing writing like op, studying the classics and farting like a divine being .

Nope, YOU won't make it. Because you don't get it. Stay at the shallow end for a while before diving into the deep end.

>>5302248
Honestly thinking a book will last through the ages without a good plot.