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Cormac McCarthy is the only goddamn person who can get away with writing the way he does. Somehow the man can purple prose it up and make it all work.
tulkas
If you ever want to adopt some bad habits as a writer, read and really enjoy a Cormac McCarthy book
wolverine
there are full black pages, pages where the text spirals or is scattered across the page, stairsteps down the page, etc.
it's pretty weird.
You've got the first born children, who a beautiful, long-lived, great archers, fighters singers, craftselves, etc. Basically, anything you can do, they can do better. They hang out on continent with some demi-gods, and chill. Some of them act like complete assholes, but that's okay, they'll all be forgiven and be able to return to their mystical magic land. (With a few exceptions, Feanor for example).
Then, you've the second born, who don't live as long, are pretty inferior to their elvish and dwarvish counterparts at nearly everything, and don't even get to interact with anyone higher than the demi-god's underlings. Their land (Middle-Earth) is left alone so all the cool dieties can hang out with the elves. Hell, they only time they show up again is to finally get rid of Morgoth. (Sauron's master) And that's only centuries later, and after some people sacrificed themselves to send a message to them.
And to top it off, what is the one thing humans get that elves don't? The 'gift' of death. And the Demi-Gods act surprised that the humans don't seem to like it. (To be fair, they weren't responsible for the gift, and have no idea how it works) Humans specifically say, "Okay, we understand living for a loooooong time is weariful, but could you at least give us a hint at what comes after we die? We don't like the uncertainty"
And when a civilization gets too cocky (under the corruption of Sauron), head honcho god says 'Screw this, we're heading to another plane of existence', and transports the entire 'cool' land into another dimension.
At least that's what I got out of it. The demi-gods seem to be complete assholes, with the added fact that they don't seem to be aware that they are assholes. At least Morgoth is and asshole and proud of it.
Too much DFW is what really gets me into trouble.
Not necessarily aping his style, but just feeling like a piece doesn't have enough to it if I don't put it through a formalism wringer. A straightforward piece is no good - I gotta make sure I'm filtering it through an ironic post-millennial lens that's commenting on the nature of consumerism or some such meta wankery.
Dangerous. Very dangerous.
for shame, internet
I thought I knew you
The problem is that if a character does something that doesn't mesh with the rest of the story, it takes the reader out.
I have no idea if that's a better or worse premise.
Brokebrains Mountain.
Again, not saying it's a bad book but it absolutely is gimmicky. You have to buy into the premise willingly or the whole thing quickly becomes stupid and boring. It's like people that willingly seek out "creepy" stories about slenderman or whatever and fundamentally you have to be willing to buy into the idea and go along with it to find it creepy at all. Which is why I'm not into that stuff, because I look at it and I can't help but just think, "that's dumb. why should I be creeped out by that?"
and that fucking girl scared the shit out of me
until the main character kicks her in the face while in her well-world
if you can kick a ghost in the face
that ghost is no longer scary
The night I saw the ring I woke up in the middle of the night and my tv was turned on to some channel with static.
I must've rolled over and turned it on by accident, but I didn't sleep well for a very long time after that.
I haven't read the book
but that's definitely a valid style of reading you described
I'm more inclined to sort things out afterwards, and take the ride while I'm on it
unless it just doesn't work for me
Scrolling past, I read this post to be about Zombie Gay Cowboys.
Someone needs to write the story of that dark mysticism.
this is probably a dumb question, but have you read A Good Man Is Hard to Find?
it's probably her most well regarded short
uh faulkner
Haven't read Faulkner. Guess I should fix that.
Yup.
I'm a fan of The Violent Bear It Away for novels, but I can understand it not being to everyone's taste. And man, she threw bleak.
Read every short story she wrote, and there was maybe one with something that could be defined as a happy ending.
It took me a while to parse that title properly.
it away
When The Ring came out on DVD, we bought it even though we had already seen it
I waited until it got to the part where you watch the video with the main character
Then I quickly called our home line from a cell phone
Every person in the room besides me jumped to the damn moon and started freaking the hell out, everybody talking at once until they noticed me snickering to myself
They didn't think it was very funny but I still do
What's the plot hole in goblet of fire?
Shame on you for not reading mediocre children's/young adult literature
(I don't know either)
Hey I read it, I just didn't notice a plothole
That's some good readin!