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Jan 20, 2009 09:50

I'm incurable. Honestly. Well, at least what comes to technology and gadgets - I love gadgets. I have a perfectly fine and dandy iPhone, and now I'm hankering after a Blackberry Bold. *headdesk* It's just that the BB has so many tiny buttons and other delicious thingamajigs...and Jared Leto has one. :-D In fact, he's a Blackberry devotee, which I ( Read more... )

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mayo_cute January 20 2009, 10:59:23 UTC

im not really a fan of twilight maybe because of the hype. but im still looking forward to the next movie.

praize January 22 2009, 10:29:15 UTC

Yep, we're on the same page! :-)

sherrilina January 20 2009, 14:50:07 UTC

Well did you check out the one article by cleolinda I posted? Because I thought that explained well some of the buzz ( ... )

sherrilina January 20 2009, 14:57:28 UTC

Lol, sorry for the essay, I got a little carried away....it's just that I've been annoyed about this for a while, and this particular article and its wording me want to respond a lot....:p

praize January 20 2009, 15:34:44 UTC

No matter, I tend to write essays, too. :-)

However, we must agree to disagree here: even though Jo might not be the best writer in the world, she still has the basics of writing down. She knows how to write snappy dialogue, she is on most occasions a master of exposition, she can write a heckuva plot (e.g. CoS, PoA), and she can create amazing characters.

Meyer on the other hand doesn't have the basics down. She wrote (and edited) her book in three months with no prior writing background, and it shows. Her writing has most of the signs of an amateur writer (colorful dialogue tags, telling instead of showing, overly gorgeous people/shallow characterisation, plot emerging only at the end and being resolved quickly, passive MC, etc). These are basic things and can be found in pretty much any writing guide.

So from that viewpoint, yes, I do think comparing Meyer to JKR is an insult.

praize January 20 2009, 15:31:06 UTC

Yes, I read Cleolinda's article when I was first reading Twilight, and I agree with it. But still, it doesn't explain to me why just Twilight hit the jackpot and not any of the other, better-written fantasy novels that have come out in the recent years (save the Inheritance trilogy, which has had its share of fame).

I don't consider JKR a perfect writer either, and that article doesn't reflect my opinions on Potter, just Twilight.

At this point I'm inclined to think that Twilight's success is just a lucky combination of several factors - it certainly isn't amazing writing or an amazing story.