Hello,
I'm a new visitor. I have recently started fiction. I am looking for a source that might provide great literary descriptions/prose of anything-tangible or intangible. Can anyone provide advise or direction.
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Hello,
I'm a new visitor. I have recently started fiction. I am looking for a source that might provide great literary descriptions/prose of anything-tangible or intangible. Can anyone provide advise or direction.
Hi friends,
My name is Tarun, I am new to this forum. I am 25 years old and will start my masters/graduate study in Aug (Fall 2014) this year. English is not my first language. And while I was preparing for GRE exam I realized that my english is terrible. I realized the importance of reading and writing skills and now I am determined to improve my english skills (reading and writing). I googled and found an awesome thread on this forum(Since I am not allowed to post URLs I am posting thread name "24156-How-to-improve-writing-skills"). I immediately decided that this forum is going to be the place from where I can get reviews and track my progress. :)
I understand that learning english is a lifelong process, the point in life where I'll stop reading and writing my english skill will start deteriorating. Still I have 5 months before I start my college so I want to improve my language and writing skills a bit before I go to college.
So, here is my study plan.
1. I purchased Raymond Murphy's English Grammar in Use Intermediate level. (I completed beginners few years back). And now I am planning to complete at least 4 or 5 chapters daily and will revise the covered chapters on weekends.
2. I'll read editorial pages of economist, nytimes, TheHindu and some other papers and some magazines, and I'll try to read at least 1000-2000 words per day. And this reading will be active reading, I'll read slowly and carefully understanding as much as possible. So that will be like 1hr of reading everyday.
3. I'll try to write at least 4 essays a week and will post them here for review and suggestions. (I can't write daily because of my full time job)
4. I'll also try to read essays posted by other forum members here and will try to read and follow expert reviews on those essays.
Friends, if you find anything wrong with my approach, please please correct it. Also if you can add anything else please add it as well. Its better to get harsh/rude but honest review here than by my professor at college. :)
Hi:). Welcome:)
Your plan is very good. Try to use English wherever you can. Read texts and watch tv or films. However writing 4 essays for a week is very difficult (one will be enough I think).
Thanks for the welcome Zoe13! Yea I like the quick in and out of a short story versus full length novels; which have to be great for me to want to invest the time.
Hi guys, really sorry bout this but could anybody tell me how to post a new forum? I don't know whether i'm being completely blind or its hidden somewhere..
Thanks
Hello everyone, I would like to introduce myself I'm ladyhawkfirefox. I'm looking forward to reading and commenting on all the great literature that you all will be posting and I hope you all enjoy the stuff I post as well.
Ok, so I'm a noob; can any one tell me how to start my blog and how to post the stuff I write?
Do you mean post to a thread? When you're logged in and replying to a post, just hit the post button at the bottom of the reply to post box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Isjen
If starting a threw, go all the way to the bottom of a section like, say, Personal Poetry. There you will find a button on the left that says 'submit thread.' Hit that button, put in a title and whatever content you have, then hit 'submit' or 'post.' Hope that helps.
Hi! I'm an italian phd student and I would like to improve my english. My university research is about literature, so here I am to learn something about english literature since I'm studying a french author. Please correct me, every time I'm wrong. :)
Thank you very much,
Emily
Hello, I'm Wondra. I found this site while looking for recommendation of classic Asian literature. I am mostly interested in east Asian literature. I focus mostly on reading Japanese lit, but have been trying to find more talented authors from Korea, China, and the rest of the region. I am always open to book suggestions.
Hello, I am thankful to be part of a community engaging with the great literature which has shaped our culture and lives. May we all be enlightened through this meaningful dialogue
Hi, Why there is no Ruskin Bond works ? Infact, he is not in the authors list! -_-
Hello everybody. I'm brand new here. I wrote one story a few years ago, and would love some feedback. I also have a few new stories in the works, so I thought joining a community like this might help me stay motivated.
Hello all, as is probably already apparent, I am completely new to this forum. In fact, I'm new to all forums. A friend told me to a few weeks ago how many decent people he had met through these things so I resolved (it still being January at the time) to try something completely new and here we are. I'm a (trainee) lawyer by day but like just about probably everyone else on here, I like to believe that I have a novel or two inside me (or at least a few poems). Anyway, I'm really looking forward to contributing to discussion about an array of literature and hopefully making a few friends in the process. p.s apologies in advance for any I.T mistakes...
Hello.
Nice to meet you. I am a new member here.
I am a big reader. I love fiction.
Hello im Adal Ramones from mexico and im here to further my knowledge in the subject since im taking a class about american literature. i want to understand how does an american think towards life what do they expect from life and how is it influenced by the novels or biograpghies from the 17th and 18th centuries
Haven't been an active user of these forums for several years now, but made some great friends here quite a while back.
(They helped me name my boat and my cat!)
Was wondering if any of them them are still around...
I'm the guy that sailed off into the sunset, if that helps.
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(oh, glad to see you and your avatar again)
Where have I NOT been would probably be a much easier question to answer.Quote:
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This past new year I completed my first trip around the globe, and will soon begin my second lap!
Hello,
I am a fourth undergraduate majoring in English with an emphasis in literature here at the University of Guam. I plan on earning my MA and then, hopefully, my PhD. I look forward to interacting and learning from all of you.
Will
Hi Guys! Nice to meet you. I am so excited to find this forum. I love readings, especially novel. Currently, I am reading Jorger Luis Borges's poem (in English, of course). OK, I have to admit that I just start.
To be honest, I found this forum because I need to finish a project to design an informational and educational website to introduce Discussion Forum, then I thought why not Literature? Therefore, I am here.
I will take this "accident" as a opportunity to restart my literature reading because of studying at graduate school that I seldom read outside of the textbooks.
Anyway, I am glad to meet you here!
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Hi, I'm Jared.
I'm fairly new to writing stories, I've got a few on my website now and I have some in the works. I have given myself a secret goal of one story published online a week, but we will see how that goes.
I'm here to get to know other writers, share my work and ask for honest feedback. Most people give me the standard "Oh, it's a good story" and leave it at that. So if you can see anything on which I can improve on please let me know. jaredspence.com/stories/
hi every body
well i need to introduce myself...ok i am a lecturer by profession...of English...
I am Indian and i love literature, english as well as indian literature in its regionallanguages
My hobbies are music and dance and of course literature...
I've been moving words around since i was young. It's served different purposes at different points in my life; it provided what i needed to be ok at times or to start figuring out whatever i was meant to understand. For myself it's more about release and learning than building pretty cabinets. My writing is something that has remained a hyper-personal and private adventure through my life…it's only very recently that the compulsion to share anything i make has begun to speak up…and i always try to listen to my less-decible self. In honesty, it makes me nervous to share…but walking into that feeling has always proved to be a good thing in the end. So…i hope someone enjoys what I make, and i look forward to enjoying yours as well.
Hello Everyone!
What's going on in the literary circles?
My name is Sunay. I am from India. In my flesh-fettered palm I see a long gliding lifeline approaching my wrist which means that I will get to delve deep the mind of literature, inter-related word formations, clubbing ideas together and rejoicing in new sentence presentations and going deeper and deeper into the heart of expressionism.
Besides reading and expressing, I enjoy listening to mmusic, chit-chatting and making friends. I am single too.
Hi everyone! I'm Anita from NY. Love to read. Love romance, historical fiction and biography but am open to all genres to give them a try
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Hello everyone,
I'm Ruby and I'm from Pakistan. This is my first time being part of a forum. And to be honest, I only joined because I have to appear for my A2 Literature exam coming May. Since I'm a private student, I don't have the privilege of class discussions so I need loads of help. And come to see it now, it's a great place.
Well, apart from Literature, I really love painting. I'm not-really-but-sort-of kind of an artist. So it's great knowing about all of you and I hope I get the help I came looking for here.
Hullo!
I'm Longbottom. I am really interested in seeing what conversations I can get myself into here at LitNet. I teach advanced English lit. & lang. courses at a secondary school for a living. Feel free to ask me almost anything!
warm greetings!
I am mad about books-- for that matter, about everything related to literature.
Hello everyone! I am so looking forward to joining this website!
I guess I should start off by listing my hobbies. I am a huge bookworm. There's never a moment where you will find me without my nose in a book. I also love to dance (but never in front of anybody). Writing short stories is one of my top hobbies right along with singing. It's like I have an endless amount of ideas for short stories inside my head. Sometimes I can't sleep unless I get all of my ideas down into my journal.
Among all of the books that I own (every book I've ever read I own) I would have to say that The Harry Potter series, The Great Gatsby, Never Let Me Go, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, The Host, and the Divergent series are my favorites. Honestly though there are so many that I love I can't really choose my favorite.
I'm a very passionate Christian.
Anything else about me is a grey area. I'm either really happy or depressed. I'm starving myself or I can't seem to eat enough. I either sleep for fourteen hours straight or I don't sleep at all. Nothing about me is permanent. I constantly change who I am. I can never keep the same nail polish color. I never stick with the same makeup routine. I've never had a favorite color because I like them all at certain times. I haven't had a boyfriend in four years and I am seriously kiss deprived.
I'm a senior in high school.
I want to be an English teacher for the deaf.
I'm weird and I know it.
That's what makes me special.
I'm weird, and I embrace it.
Peace♥
New to the forum. I teach English 11th and AP English Language. This site looks like a real resource for me! I look forward to getting to know everyone!
Ha! A plethora of riches for our community. There is lots to discuss, so welcome.
I used to teach AP English, too. Now I'm at a middle school. Lots of students on the forum; I think there's a little something for everyone. See you out there. :)
Hello... I stumbled across this looking for opinions and interpretations for some selections by Blake... I am looking forward to the depth and gravity I found there. Inspiration. Hope I can help do the same for you!
Hi! I am April from USA, i recently joined this forum.
Thanks to pensive for this post. Hope you will enjoy my company.
Greetings one and all! HaPpY to be part of this forum and looking forward to participating. After careful examination of various internet book forums I think The Literature Network is the best fit for me. Hopefully I will be able to contribute something of value to the discussion and I look forward to being enlightened by what I have already determined to be a very erudite body of literary aficionados as well.
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