tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588692465519021852.post2502104852803927297..comments2024-03-04T08:34:29.774-08:00Comments on Fifty Shades of The Twilight Saga - Calling Stephenie Meyer's Amateur Butt Out Since 2011: Twihard Fan Movie Review of Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 TWIST: What's Wrong with this movie? ONLY someone who used to LOVE it can tell you!!Catherine Mostlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373360094786643055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588692465519021852.post-9257588321954700232012-11-30T12:40:52.607-08:002012-11-30T12:40:52.607-08:00OMG - THANK YOU, ERIN! I knew I wasn't crazy, ...OMG - THANK YOU, ERIN! I knew I wasn't crazy, there HAD to be some semi-sane chicks out here.<br /><br />You have NO IDEA how much I needed to hear something like this from someone who didn't seem to START OUT hating me, ha!<br /><br />Thank you SO MUCH for your input, I always ENJOY criticism from people who have read the Twilight books. I certainly wasn't rewriting it for ME; if I had, the entire storyline would have been MUCH DIFFERENT, LoL!<br /><br />I knew about female vamp hybrids supposedly not being venomous - but the baby biting Bella was REALLY the ONLY thing I thought might be cute about her, LoL!<br /><br />I rewrote the story the way I did BECAUSE I LOVED it and I WAS OBSESSED with it JUST like everyone else is/was!! Steph's characters were SERIOUSLY DYSFUNCTIONAL from what *I* could see in SO MANY ways. I just couldn't ACCEPT the storyline the way it was. I'm SURE that's why alot of OTHER fans rewrote the story, too.<br /><br />Stephenie Meyer wrote her saga the way SHE did BECAUSE SHE was in LOVE with her (sexual, sorry I REALLY DO hate to say that) FANTASY. She took the story where SHE wanted them to go instead of where her CHARACTERS told her to go.<br /><br />As far as advice... I learned ONE really good thing while rewriting The Twilight Saga. You REALLY CAN get HUNG UP within your OWN PSYCHE if YOU are obsessed with the characters.<br /><br />Having a skeleton storyline planned out AHEAD of time (not that it can't change) helped ALOT. Since this story was already written, it was semi-easy for me to stay within it.<br /><br />HOWEVER, *I* can certainly SEE that if you are someone writing a story "off the TOP of your HEAD" with characters you are TOO "into" - your mind, and thus your INTERNAL FANTASY LIFE, can AND will take your characters for a spin if you don't keep a grip on them, ha!<br /><br />While it WAS a discipline for me to stay within the storyline, it wasn't HARD - and it DID give me a guide to stick to.<br /><br />It kept me reminded of the points I would need to be making ahead (like how/why Jacob and Bella fall in love WHILE I'm in the middle of writing about Edward & Bella BEING in love) - keeping those things in mind so they work into the story believably later, etc.<br /><br />I'm REALLY not sure how Stephenie got through her story without doing research. It is COMPLETELY incomprehensible to me that she wasn't even a little bit curious about Vampires OR the Tribe to research them.<br /><br />We all know how curious WE are about those details, how Stephenie wasn't curious about them is AMAZING.<br /><br />So I guess that would be suggestion number TWO. If you're NOT curious about your characters then you're PROBABLY obsessed with them. NOT that this is a bad OR unusual thing... But if you're NOT going to take the time to so the research about SPECIALTY genres, characters, places, etc - KEEP IT for yourself, please.<br /><br />Don't screw with people's heads because YOUR head is in the clouds.<br /><br />Stephenie's story SHOULD have been accepted by her publishers because they COULD SEE something special it it. BUT, they also SHOULD have corrected it like ANY professional publisher would have BEFORE any of these books were ever published.<br /><br />So, piece of advice number THREE - have people read your book, get opinions and USE those opinions to help you make it BETTER before you try to get it published.<br /><br />I've heard Stephenie say that she would love to rewrite Twilight - but you can't go back and do that anymore, NOW. NEVER send something OUT to a publishing company that YOU are not pretty sure about. DON'T expect THEM to fix it.<br /><br />Twilight is the PERFECT reason why... publishers AND production companies obviously can't necessarily be trusted to do the "professional" parts of their jobs.<br /><br />Good luck with your NEW/old story, Erin - and let me know how it goes AND what you think of the entire Twilight rewrite! :)Catherine Mostlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373360094786643055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588692465519021852.post-27919902675510240542012-11-29T10:40:21.634-08:002012-11-29T10:40:21.634-08:00I have so very many things to say where to start.....I have so very many things to say where to start..... Firstly I love your blog and the rewrite, I felt like you have given the characters depth and a new life. If I were a judge I would totally give you custody! Next you had mentioned about Renesmee biting Bella she did ( Breaking Dawn page 353) although you do find out that Renesmee doesn't have venom. However that's not explained until the end of the book ( Breaking Dawn page 735 to 737 for the full story) on page 737 about half way down the page the hybrid boy Alice found he was born to a human mother who was impregnated by a vampire. He explained that he has sister's because his father had slept with other women and that the girls don't have venom but doesn't know if it is gender or random chance. <br />I am so happy I found your blog and I cannot wait to finish reading the rewrite! I am even letting my daughter read it with me because its a good story that is appropriate for kids to read and she LOVES LOVES LOVES IT! Just as much as I do! I think what you have written is loving and responsible to the characters and fans, it is well though out, relevant, and I am more than sure (although I'm not there yet) in the reWolfed version you will be more respectful of the Quilette tribe. As a woman of Native American decent (Crow Indians) I was totally appalled by what SM did to their stories and history and her portrayal of them. SHAME ON YOU STEPHANIE MEYER! I hope she does see your blog and rewrite and is ashamed of herself and apologizes to us all and then does the right thing and gives the Quilette Tribe compensation for the movies success and additional compensation for defamation of character, because legally that's what she did she took a beautiful and rich history and culture and turned it into shirtless meathead living in shacks! Its deplorable!<br />Anywho I'm taking up space but I've been dying to get that out and I feel better! Again thank you so much for your blog and your rewrite! On an unrelated note your rewrite has inspired my own creativity and I am finally picking up in finishing an old storie I had started (come to think of it I last wrote in 2009 which was around the time I started reading the Twilight saga..... wonder if that explains it. .... lol) anyway wonder if you had any tips or advice to share with an aspiring author. I know Keep It Simple, write what you know and do your research. Anything else? Thanks your the best!!<br />ErinEJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07419441539405884760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588692465519021852.post-77343563566594080522012-11-18T16:00:27.211-08:002012-11-18T16:00:27.211-08:00You're REAL bright, Sophie - that's what t...You're REAL bright, Sophie - that's what this blog is ABOUT! :)Catherine Mostlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373360094786643055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588692465519021852.post-6052045398186322622012-11-18T07:10:35.518-08:002012-11-18T07:10:35.518-08:00Obsessed muchObsessed muchSophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168256914622612304noreply@blogger.com