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Stephen King On 'Twilight' Author: 'Stephenie Meyer Can't Write Worth A Darn'
- February 04, 2009 00:58:22
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- Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
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According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww!
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While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."
He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."... Read full article »
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Robert Pattinson- Hollywood's Hottest Vampire!
According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww!
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Vampin' It Up With 'Twilight' Scenes & Stars
While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."
He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."... Read full article »
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Stephenie Meyer is indeed a bad writer. Stephen King was right to praise Rowling- her plots are most of the time actually great, her characters are realistic unlike Meyer's cardboard cutouts of people (especially the human characters), and Rowling skilfully combines mythology. Meyer just basically screwed around with the vampire myth. I love doing something new, and I don't need full-on traditional, but Meyer completely failed to be creative with her vampires. She turned them into golem-esque icicles who excel at everything and sparkle. If you think that's a good idea for the vampire myth, it's executed horribly. And all Bella can do is stare at Edward's beauty (which is described in flowery prose), while he totes her around. She is nothing without Edward- she pretty much gives up on life, on dreams and excelling at anything when he leaves her. Such true love! But what is this sending to people? That a dependent and emotionally abusive relationship is a good one, true love? Twilight is an intriguing book that grips the reader and sucks them in, but as for the quality of the actual writing, it's not exactly good. It's not a deep series, just something that appeals to teenagers because they can identify with the protagonist and wish they had an Edward of their own.View thread
~Tenaya Nicole Jacobson, 10 years old