Erm... Hello?
Hey,
First year creative writing student (19, UK should you wonder) here, Only just discovered Palahniuk, through a comparison by my creative writing teacher who asked if I was a fan (I'd embaressingly never heard of him) and said I should check him out as we both share a "romantic nihilism". Went out and bought Haunted and here we are.
Wow, that reads like the blurb on the back of a book 
. These introduction posts really do require you to be quite self centred.
Anyway, I digress, currently in the middle of Invisible Monsters, looking foward to getting to know you all better.
"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends." - Friedrich Nietzsche
welcome, new person.
ok, i have a bad question. is your avatar you? I think you are a male. I detect a slight stubble......If you are not, I am sorry.
I am male. just so we're all on the same page.
What's your name?
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
Hello! Welcome.
Hello new person.
Good on your teacher for asking you to read outside the classroom, bad on him/her for using a term like "romantic nihilism".
I construct my memories with my present. I am lost, abandoned in the present. I try in vain to rejoin the past: I cannot escape. - Sartre
ok, i have a bad question. is your avatar you? I think you are a male. I detect a slight stubble......If you are not, I am sorry.
I am male. just so we're all on the same page.
What's your name?
Yes, It is me and I am maleeeee.
And I'm Callum
I have never been told that before but I think it may be one of the greatest compliments I have ever had the pleasure to have been paid.
Thanks
Good on your teacher for asking you to read outside the classroom, bad on him/her for using a term like "romantic nihilism".
I pointed that out at the time. It's very much a "I wish to sound more interesting than I am" kind of term...
"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends." - Friedrich Nietzsche
I have never been told that before but I think it may be one of the greatest compliments I have ever had the pleasure to have been paid.
Terrorist Fist Bump!
This is why we can't have nice things.
Wow, Haunted hooked you? Impressive. That's the one that made me stop reading him. I disliked it so much that when a friend borrowed my first-edition hardcover I didn't even bother ever getting it back from her.
Enough about me, why do I do that so much! Welcome to the Cult. Did you ever attend summer camps as a child? What did you think of them? What do you say to people if/when they criticize your major? That's not meant to be a slight on what you study as everyone gets shit for stuff. What is your least favourite logical fallacy?
Welcome.
"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
-Alan Moore
Welcome! Where in the UK do you hail from?
Treat me mean, I need the reputation.
hey, welcome to the cult. we also have an impressive writing workshop filled with writing essays and resources, if you ever find time to spare for your craft outside of the classroom..
i liked haunted a lot, particularly exodus, guts, and the ending. i thought rant was better. you are currently on a basic, though.. you should start with the basics: invisible monsters, survivor, lullaby, and choke. but the chances are, youre gonna blow through his library in no time and roam the bookclub forums seeking new authors to try out. and we wont disappoint, we have hundreds to recommend 
anyway; again, welcome to the cult. this place is huge and filled with easter eggs. there are a number of free essays as well as interviews around here, from bret easton ellis to jesse the body ventura. just start searching through the tabs up top
-kabol
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Callum Beardmore sounds like an old-timey tonic that is good for the constitution. This is a good thing.
Welcome to the Cult. Tell your creative writing instructor to take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut and drop out of school. Take up with hobos, Learn to play the panpipe. Dance naked on the beach. Enjoy marmot-soaked custards in the company of strange women. Only then can you truly consider yourself free.
Fancy a lobster?
This is why we can't have nice things.