Plebeian confessions thread...

Plebeian confessions thread. This is the time where you repent for being so shit and everyone else recoils in horror because of it all. C'mon, it's fun.

bob dylan deserved the nobel prize for literature.

translations of poetry are good depending on the translator. you still get the image and depending on the translator also the rhythm of the original poem. just because it's not in italian it's not full of swirley whirley pizza mama mia.

books on writing are fine as long as it's not blatant self-help clickbait-esque trash like "YOUR NOVEL SUCKS 1001 REASONS WHY" etc.

Joseph Campbell is one dry guy, need a tall glass of water to read a quarter of his book

anyone writing screenplays and/or plays in microsoft word should just give up trying. nobody takes it seriously if you don't use finaldraft or celtx.

I have never read a greek, roman, russian or french piece of literature.

My main source of literature is as follows: was there a movie adaptation? Yes? I'll see the movie and then read that book.

this is me t b h

Cracking the spine is fine.

I really like the A Song of Ice and Fire series. I have a collector's and a pocket edition of every book, and I hope that fat lazy asshole don't die before finishing the sixth and seventh books.

After reading Aristotle and Kant, I find Plato overwhelmingly childish and simple

Agreed

Just leave, what are you even doing here?

He's making so much from royalties and book sales, he's so rich that all the money would probably give him a reason not to finish his next books. What's the point of motivating yourself to finish it when you're already set for life financially?

I thought that the Iliad was about the siege of Troy, but. Only after I actually read the Iliad I realised the city is called Ilium and the region Troy.