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This is the hardest experience I’ve ever had reading a book personally. It’s going to probably take another year to finish it. I hope I can finish this without giving up.

Hell nah chapter 1 of part 2 was just pure exposition and narration interspersed with small moments of showing.

Myishkins story about getting the children to love the woman and then himself made me shed tears.

Dostoyevsky Fleshing out Myishkin, his protagonist through long anecdotes he gives is a fascinating way to contextualize his character.

The story he gives about the man who told him he said he would count and appreciate every moment if he had the chance to escape his execution only to not be able to do that anyways is interesting because the prince wants to do what he couldn’t.

Started yesterday on the airplane ride back into New Mexico for college.

Good so far. Lots of characters. I do love Dostoevsky but Im already overwhelmed. I get the general gist of what’s happening but I will probably read chapter summaries so I don’t miss important details.

“The law is made by the rich people so that the poor people can’t get ahead.”

I didn’t realize hearts of darkness would all be monologuing, it’s more tedious to read than I imagined even if the story is intriguing

Reading about a, b, and c plots is exhausting I’m so sleep deprived all the time 😂

Aaron Sorkinland 😭

“It’s not a game and it isn’t for sissies.”-every fucking writer ever

-characters continue over episodes without dramatic arc. Focus on character depth over change/progression.
-storylines evolve in increments
-network drama series written in 4 acts with commercial breaks, off network shows may not have formal breaks
-springboards are conflict catalysts for franchise tv

Devoting two chapters of your book to your protagonist reading a book which is basically just an info dump restatement of everything told to the audience already about the world with just a little more additional information during around or after your books midpoint is the worst fucking decision ever.

“War has become continuous.”

Humans have been at war 92% of the time. Whuddya mean war has become continuous 😭