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Good (bad) book advice
« on: May 10, 2018, 03:52:47 pm »
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Re: Good (bad) book advice
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2018, 06:05:58 pm »
"Revolutionary Road." Read a few chapters, then I went "I hate these people and I do not care what happens to them."
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Re: Good (bad) book advice
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2018, 07:50:03 pm »
Didn't have to read it, the title was enough. Stop reading books you don't enjoy! Life is too short. I came to feel this particularly strongly after I started writing books myself. The writer starts with an empty page and they can put whatever words they want in whatever order. It's their responsibility to write words that make you want to keep reading. If they don't, fuck 'em, you don't owe them anything. Go read someone who did better.
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Re: Good (bad) book advice
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2018, 02:29:31 am »
Quote from: wombat on May 10, 2018, 07:50:03 pm
Didn't have to read it, the title was enough. Stop reading books you don't enjoy! Life is too short. I came to feel this particularly strongly after I started writing books myself. The writer starts with an empty page and they can put whatever words they want in whatever order. It's their responsibility to write words that make you want to keep reading. If they don't, fuck 'em, you don't owe them anything. Go read someone who did better.

It's not like there's a shortage of incredible literature stretching back over 1000 years.
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Re: Good (bad) book advice
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2018, 02:30:29 am »
My sisters new novel came out yesterday.
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Re: Good (bad) book advice
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2018, 02:48:37 am »
So.....did you read it??!
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Re: Good (bad) book advice
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2018, 04:41:31 pm »
I saw that you posted about it on Facebook. Such a good brother.
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Re: Good (bad) book advice
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