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May. 29th, 2012 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bouldersandbrewsOkay, done with the first Twilight book.
...
Wow. I really cannot believe that
A - someone told Stephenie Meyer that she could write.
B - someone encouraged her to continue writing.
C - someone actually published this book.
D - that millions of people love her books.
I can only assume that these people have never read Eddings, Crichton, Tolkien, Grisham, King, Hugo, Dumas, Orwell... any sort of literature at all. Anything that was written with excellent characters, a fascinating story, a fantastic turn of phrase or gifted dialogue... anything going for it at all.
As I was reading, two things continued to come to mind:
- Bad fanfiction. Not just ordinary bad fanfiction. Bad fanfiction on the order of 'My Immortal'.
- Plan 9 From Outer Space.
It really seems like a parody of itself, the Twilight 'saga'. Takes itself way too seriously. "His smoldering eyes peered into mine, and I forgot how to breathe under the gaze of his perfection". Really? Wow.
I'm wondering if I could write this badly if I tried.
...
Wow. I really cannot believe that
A - someone told Stephenie Meyer that she could write.
B - someone encouraged her to continue writing.
C - someone actually published this book.
D - that millions of people love her books.
I can only assume that these people have never read Eddings, Crichton, Tolkien, Grisham, King, Hugo, Dumas, Orwell... any sort of literature at all. Anything that was written with excellent characters, a fascinating story, a fantastic turn of phrase or gifted dialogue... anything going for it at all.
As I was reading, two things continued to come to mind:
- Bad fanfiction. Not just ordinary bad fanfiction. Bad fanfiction on the order of 'My Immortal'.
- Plan 9 From Outer Space.
It really seems like a parody of itself, the Twilight 'saga'. Takes itself way too seriously. "His smoldering eyes peered into mine, and I forgot how to breathe under the gaze of his perfection". Really? Wow.
I'm wondering if I could write this badly if I tried.
