There's a write up in the Calendar section of the LA Times today on the filming of the movie version of the best-selling young adult novel Twilight.
I'm conflicted about this - it's great to see a BYU English major grad achieve fame and fortune.
But it is so badly written, it's embarrassing!
Maybe I'm a snob, or maybe I've finally outgrown teen novels.
But The Historian, another novel about vampires, is so much better - and so much better written.
I haven't read any interviews with the author - maybe she, like many of us, said, "I can write a cheesy best selling novel!"
And then did!
(Maybe it's sour grapes!)
It mostly discourages me to see how quickly the reading public embraces bad writing. Okay, it's popular and has a good - but very predictable - story line. But people gush on and on about what a "great" book it is.
Maybe we need a new designation or some new adjectives for bad writing that resonates with the public.
Any ideas??
I'm conflicted about this - it's great to see a BYU English major grad achieve fame and fortune.
But it is so badly written, it's embarrassing!
Maybe I'm a snob, or maybe I've finally outgrown teen novels.
But The Historian, another novel about vampires, is so much better - and so much better written.
I haven't read any interviews with the author - maybe she, like many of us, said, "I can write a cheesy best selling novel!"
And then did!
(Maybe it's sour grapes!)
It mostly discourages me to see how quickly the reading public embraces bad writing. Okay, it's popular and has a good - but very predictable - story line. But people gush on and on about what a "great" book it is.
Maybe we need a new designation or some new adjectives for bad writing that resonates with the public.
Any ideas??
