Is anyone else into literary nonsense?

Madkins

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Like I asked above, is anyone into Literary Nonsense?

A quick rundown if you are unsure what it is:
Literary nonsense is a broad category of writing that mixes elements that make sense with deliberate absurdity, subverting language and logic for humor, surprise, or philosophical play. It can appear in poetry, prose, and even visual art, often through invented words, illogical sequences, or surreal imagery. The genre draws from two main sources:
  • Oral folk traditions like nursery rhymes, riddles, and folk plays, which use playful, nonsensical language to entertain and teach.
  • Intellectual absurdities from court poets, scholars, and satirists, who create elaborate nonsense forms—such as Latin parodies or political travesties—that exaggerate the illogical for effect

Recently I came to the realization I'm a discovery writer and apparently way into literary nonsense, which gives my story a weird flavor. Kind of like eating chicken and tasting a circle. Just wondering if anyone else is there as well, and what are your thoughts?
 

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I write nonsense plots and I like it. I don't really care if it doesn't make sense as long as I'm having fun. I'm a kind of writer who writes anything i want then put some sense into it later.
I like creating weird titles for chapters or stories and then making as many different details to fit it as possible. It's a weird process of playing with language.
 

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I like creating weird titles for chapters or stories and then making as many different details to fit it as possible. It's a weird process of playing with language.
There are story ideas in created while in was half-asleep. I make stories in my mind to make myself asleep and those stories doesn't make sense but fun to write. I also creates weird powers that fun to read.
 

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I love how the absurd/nonsense is inserted into scenes. For example:

How a warrior complains about wanting steak as the apocalypse approaches; how a yandere villainess becomes delusional about something that never happened; how a little girl views her mother as the center of her world without knowing her past.

It's so refreshing, isn't it? Often, absurd things bring a story to life... and provide organic plot twists.
 

Madkins

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I love how the absurd/nonsense is inserted into scenes. For example:

How a warrior complains about wanting steak as the apocalypse approaches; how a yandere villainess becomes delusional about something that never happened; how a little girl views her mother as the center of her world without knowing her past.

It's so refreshing, isn't it? Often, absurd things bring a story to life... and provide organic plot twists.
As a little kid i was way into the absurdism in Alice in Wonderland. The way it still makes a great story and has incredibly insane twists. I also love the way people continue to argue over the hidden meanings for decades, especially when sometimes there's no deep meaning other than it was just a fun idea.
 

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Then perhaps I'm a literally nonsense person! :blobrofl: :blobrofl: :blobrofl: Since I'm absurd and weird, most of the time.
 

Madkins

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*Walking around the street with a vest on and swanking the ABC. +street cred
*Walks up to random group of little kids practicing their ABC's* "Ah, I see you all have heard of us... Wanna hear a weird story?" *The kids look at me and ask for an adult* My response, "I am an adult..." :ROFLMAO:
 
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