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r/literature
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Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are also welcome. Book recommendations and homework help are off topic for this subreddit.
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r/LiteratureMemes
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Putting the 🔥 in literature!!
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r/writing
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Discussions about the writing craft.
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r/StraussianReading
162 members
Uncovering the esoteric meaning
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r/FictionWriting
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If you're writing fiction, whether it be flash fiction, short stories, novellas, novel, epics, screenplays, poetry, or even something like writing for a videogame then this subreddit is for you. Join us, ask your questions, share your knowledge, and use us to have a look at your work.
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r/CloseReading
31 members
A place to study the craft of writing, one line at a time.
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r/PsychonautReadingClub
4.8k members
This is a reading club focusing on psychonautic literature. We read books relevant to our interests by authors like Aldous Huxley, Robert Anton Wilson, and Terrence McKenna. This subreddit is a place for related planning and discussion.
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r/DoomerLiterature
611 members
Welcome to r/DoomerLiterature. The place for Doomers to share and discuss all forms of literature (poetry, novels, short stories, philosophy, creative writing, etc.) including original writing from members of the community.
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r/readwithme
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A community dedicated to reading and writing.
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r/DailyObjectWriting
126 members
This community is dedicated to the practice of Object Writing to explore deeper ideas related to Songwriting, Poetry, and Literature in general.
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r/ReadingStalin
419 members
[Quotes and books] and the dedication to provide Joseph Stalin’s Writing ,Speech and Analysis of the Soviet Union Under Stalin’s rule and his life in general. The hot Stop resource for Stalin and the Soviet Union. Also this page has nothing to do with the Facebook group reading Stalin
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r/CisWritingTrans
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A place for literature about or including trans people. Examples, questions, serious and comedy all welcome.
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r/readingfestival
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An unofficial subreddit for the yearly UK music festival we lovingly call Reading Festival.
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r/ReadingFascistLit
36 members
A Marxist critique of the humanism found in fascist and crypto-fascist literature whether written in ink or written in light or written in sound or in other words this sub is basically about Marxists slumming it in the gilded ghettoes of the ruling classes. The paradigmatic reference is here to authentic Marxist anti-humanism.
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r/readingwritingprompts
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Audio recordings of /r/writingprompts submissions.
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r/Indianbooks
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Indian Books is a community of book lovers looking to discuss regional as well as mainstream Indian literature. The primary aim of this subreddit is to promote literature published in all 29 states and 8 union territories of the Indian subcontinent.
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r/rpgsasliterature
17 members
A subreddit devoted to the consumption of RPGs (particularly Table Top RPGs) as a written medium.
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r/ZombieLit
266 members
Welcome to r/ZombieLit
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r/Fantasy
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r/Fantasy is the internet's largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre. Fans of fantasy, science fiction, horror, alt history, and more can all find a home with us. We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. We reserve the right to remove discussion that does not fulfill the mission of /r/Fantasy.
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r/MinecraftNovels
192 members
MinecraftStories is a simplistic subreddit I made when I saw an awesome story on r/Minecraft by the name of "Chasing Clouds" (Author couldn't be found) that inspired me to make this. This is for poems or stories ONLY, though you may post links to screenshots with them.
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r/HistoryofIdeas
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Welcome to the subreddit for the study of the history of ideas, including the histories of philosophy, of literature and the arts, of the natural and social sciences, of religion, and of political thought!
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r/superherowriting
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This subreddit is dedicated to writing in the superhero genre, whether it be literature, comics, or whatever else. All posts should be related to the broad definition of the superhero.
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r/WritersOfHorror
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This subreddit is for writers who enjoy and write primarily in the horror genre. We accept any submissions of horror writings and any links having to do with writing horror.
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r/NepalWrites
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This sub-reddit is dedicated to facilitating reading and writing for the /r/Nepal community. Grab a pen and shed your emotions. We would be more than happy to read your piece. Also, please use post flairs.
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r/writinghumor
85 members
A hub for all writing-related humor. It can be videos, photos, or even text posts. Just keep it writing/reading-related.
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r/suggestmeabook
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Need an idea what to read next? Tell us what you've enjoyed in the past, or what you're looking for, and let the community suggest a book (or books) for you to read!
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r/LGBTBooks
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A subreddit for reading material featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes.
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r/FanFiction
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A supportive community for writers, readers, and reccers to talk about and share FanFiction.
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r/readingaroundtheworld
34 members
A place & resources for those aspiring to explore the world through literature, for those aiming to read at least one book from every country, for those traveling to experience books and bookshops and libraries and to read in charted and uncharted places.
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r/bharat
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r/Bharat is a reading room for insightful, well-researched longform writing about India. For more mainstream news, views and discussions, please visit r/India.
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Software: Obsidian

After sinking a stupid number of hours into watching videos on Zettelkasten, I've boiled down to the following steps:

  1. While reading a book, underline/highlight sentences of relevance

  2. Come back home, launch Obsidian, write the statements from (1) in your own words. These form the Literature Notes.

  3. Hyperlink it and expand on it with third party resources, insights from past reads and questions to mull over. These are Permanent notes.

I have only one vault for books, be it science fiction, history, economics, war or romance, where each book along with its [[ ]] permanent notes is segregated into their respective folders.

This feels simple and easy enough.

Martin Adams' method, while methodic, feels unnecessarily complicated, and could slow down progress in favour of ADHD-tier note taking. His literature notes are my permanent notes, so from where I am rn, he's simply writing permanent notes twice. This video on permanent note taking just made more sense and did not involve over-indulgence in note-taking theory and helped with the flow.

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  • Do you [[ ]] every or almost all literature note to write a permanent note?

  • Do the above 3 steps constitute the OG Zettelkasten method, or am I simply wiki-linking?

  • What can I change or add in my workflow to make it more optimal or closer to Zettelkasten?

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Posted by24 days ago

I’m really starting to get annoyed with the repetition of scenery, burnt village, stable yard, farm girl, the generic ship names, the way each inn has the exact same sign hanging out front with a different picture… then the same multi chinned inn keeper. Shaking of fists. Angry for no reason.

Admittedly I like the detail, I do But it just feels like Robert Jordan blasted off these pages and didn't look back to make it more interesting or creative. And some of the lines...... oh my god.... "well I'm not letting you two go on an ✨ aDvEnTuRe ✨ without MeEee"

Balzomon (balls man) "the furnace eyes burned even brighter" "no you cannot escape me insert shallow and generic evil laugh here".

It seems like a fiction dialogue I made playing King of the Hill with friends at 9 years old.

As strange as it is I might be finding didslike in the writing so much because I feel this writing is the most similar to my own (sometimes excessively detailed) I've ever seen, minus the quick cheap cliches he sticks in every two seconds. Things I strive not to do. I'm on book 3 right now as they're going on their way to Tear.....

And I just facepalmed completely as they followed a dissapearing girls orders - followed by an extremely sketchy woman - to go into the basement library and look at what the black ajah "left behind". Then they decide to just Follow, like. Idk

I can't tell if I should keep going or not. The only ones that have been remotely interesting to me have been Matt and Perrin. And WHO TUGS A BRAID. It makes no sense!!!

Just had to rant

As an edit to this, for anyone whoever sees this in the future, I finished the third book and I would actually say it was worth it. Understanding some of RJs writing is just the way it is helped me get through. Almost feels like he did it intentionally. Interesting beginning. Lazy. Lazy. Lazy. Lazy. Blurb of interesting. Lazy. Mounting tension. Excitement in approaching the finale. Then quick after chapter. Idk maybe that’s just my thoughts. Not all of the writing is lazy but some parts definitely seem to be.

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