I think this pretty much sums it all up. To the OP: though I dabble in fantasy from time to time, I find the strongest and best universe to be...
If done right, a plot can be more or less non-existent. Just look at Catcher in the Rye, or better yet anything Bukowski wrote.
I think we are mostly in agreement, I just don't see the need for actual water to be present. If it is, then the metaphor is hardly a metaphor at all.
Do you always interpret metaphorical language so literally? For example, after reading this thread I tried to think of when I could use flotsam...
But I think modern literature is mediocre rehashes of the same old crap for the most part:p. I do agree that we must be continually...
Ah. I had read the sentence originally as if the flotsam and jetsam were referring to people. Like the outcasts of population. Understanding the...
I can't imagine there is anyone who has tried their hand at writing and hasn't been frustrated before. For me the problem is finishing novels. I...
Well it really matters what you are trying to say. Are these the survivors of some catastrophe? If so, I'd personally just use remnants,...
I'm going to go in an opposite direction as most of you here. Obviously it is impossible to become a writer without ever reading, but at some...
The only other one I read (since they are so hard to get a hold of) is Pan. If you liked Hunger, I highly recommend it.
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