Now that I've given a little insight on my passion, what critics think, and the woman behind the book. It's time to share the information I've researched with greater detail in relation to the book Twilight.
The master mind behind this work is Stephenie Meyer. In my last blog I explained how she developed the idea of unusual lovers. She wanted to share her idea with world and have everyone visualize the images she had got from this romantic story.
This is the first of 4 novels written by Stephenine. She believed the story was so interesting and unusual that she just kept on going to have others follow. There are many reviews on This book and they all steer in different directions. Some agree with my feelings and others disagree. I guess it just really depends on your taste in love. Vampire love is different from normal human love. Obviously the image of a vampire is a blood sucking killer. No one ever thinks of a vampire as a romantic seducer. For me, after reading the reviews and seeing the video I knew that i had to read the book to get the full effect i was looking for with this passion of mine. Twilight is very famous and also made the New York's Best Seller List.
This story is different and to be honest it kind of makes you look at love in a whole new aspect. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that it'll make you want to fall in love with a vampire. Meyer is an amazing writer. You can visualize everything as your reading it and you can almost put your self in the book. It's something I love and I can get lost in.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
My Deeper Connection
Stephenie Meyer is the author of the Twilight series, a series of books that I have come to be quite fond of. Stephenie says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream a few years ago. Little did she know that that dream would become a Best-Selling Novel. Obviously the Twilight readers know the story, but for those who don't, I'll give a little insight. The dream was about a human girl and a vampire who falls in love with her while, at the same time, thirsts for her blood. I’ve taken a quote from Meyer to explain why this story is so unique and how it relates to her dream. "When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, is it not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end?" From this I get the idea that her dream was so unusual and unrealistic that she had to tell others her story. The typical thought anyone gets when they think about vampires is that they kill people. It’s unusual for vampires to fall in love with humans because they want to kill them. I feel that Stephenie fell in love with the idea of introducing vampires and humans interacting in a realist and sexual environment. She had to share her story with everyone.
Despite Stephenie's writing experience she has made Twilight international. It's known everywhere. I came across this series of books from a woman I work with. I often found her reading these during her break and she was glued. I thought to myself that these books must be good if you can't manage to put them down. So I bought the book and everything just kind of went from there. After one novel, I started the next one instantly. I found myself reading more instead of watching T.V or getting on the computer. These books give a fresh look at a stereotypical story line involving vampires and humans. It takes the "boy meets girl" scenario to a whole new level by taking the average disturbed girl out of her traditional setting and landing her into a world that she would have never imagined to exist. Stephenie Meyer is brilliant and I find her to be one of the greatest minds of our generation. Well at least with love stories!!
Despite Stephenie's writing experience she has made Twilight international. It's known everywhere. I came across this series of books from a woman I work with. I often found her reading these during her break and she was glued. I thought to myself that these books must be good if you can't manage to put them down. So I bought the book and everything just kind of went from there. After one novel, I started the next one instantly. I found myself reading more instead of watching T.V or getting on the computer. These books give a fresh look at a stereotypical story line involving vampires and humans. It takes the "boy meets girl" scenario to a whole new level by taking the average disturbed girl out of her traditional setting and landing her into a world that she would have never imagined to exist. Stephenie Meyer is brilliant and I find her to be one of the greatest minds of our generation. Well at least with love stories!!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Good Writing
What is good Writing?
Now that's a question I've been asked all my life; well since I started writing that is.
I define good writing as a story that grabs your attention and keeps you ineterested from beginning to end. It has to have a good hook that sucks you in right away. My example of this would be William Shakespeare. He was the greatest writer of his time and I believe he upholds my standards to good writing. William Shakespeare often had a way with words. His famous plays and sonnets were notorious and performed all over London. My most Favorite of his publishings was Romeo and Juliet (the tale of forbidden lovers). That play was fantastic and was layed out in a sense where you could picture everything happening as you were reading it. Such as the secret meetings between the lovers, or the fight betweeen the Montesque and the Capulet families. Again, thats what I define 'good writing' as.
When I write papers my main focus is to keep the reader interested and to create a story that you can often imagine as you read every word.
In the past all my teachers have drilled my head with the thought that 'good writing' comes from a good mind; and one with a good mind can create 'good writing.'
In a sense I agree with that but I also believe it can contradict itself. Like some people, I have to revise my paper many times before I submit it, only because I always feel like something is missing. I stress and over analyze the topic because I worry more about keeping the interest of the reader rather than staying focused. Overall I believe that everyone has the ability to create 'good writing' it just depends on how they apply it.
Now that's a question I've been asked all my life; well since I started writing that is.
I define good writing as a story that grabs your attention and keeps you ineterested from beginning to end. It has to have a good hook that sucks you in right away. My example of this would be William Shakespeare. He was the greatest writer of his time and I believe he upholds my standards to good writing. William Shakespeare often had a way with words. His famous plays and sonnets were notorious and performed all over London. My most Favorite of his publishings was Romeo and Juliet (the tale of forbidden lovers). That play was fantastic and was layed out in a sense where you could picture everything happening as you were reading it. Such as the secret meetings between the lovers, or the fight betweeen the Montesque and the Capulet families. Again, thats what I define 'good writing' as.
When I write papers my main focus is to keep the reader interested and to create a story that you can often imagine as you read every word.
In the past all my teachers have drilled my head with the thought that 'good writing' comes from a good mind; and one with a good mind can create 'good writing.'
In a sense I agree with that but I also believe it can contradict itself. Like some people, I have to revise my paper many times before I submit it, only because I always feel like something is missing. I stress and over analyze the topic because I worry more about keeping the interest of the reader rather than staying focused. Overall I believe that everyone has the ability to create 'good writing' it just depends on how they apply it.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Childhood Memories
In the beginning, I had a difficult time finding something to represent how I felt about my childhood. There was no movie, or book that could explain anything that I went through. I rambled across a book of old poems a friend and I wrote a long time ago.
There was one in particular that rekindled an old memory. It’s called “The Traveler” by Shannon Graham.
The Traveler
A traveler set out on a journey to find her one and only love.
The traveler searched far, and her quest carried her to distant lands.
She traveled for what seemed to be a thousand lifetimes.
She grew old and tired for she could travel no further.
She fell upon her knees, with her face to the sky and cried, Why?
Why isn’t there anyone for me?
She lay in her snowy path and departed from this earth, where her body once had layed a single violet emerged from the ground.
There after a handsome young drifter walked along this same path, the traveler once had walked.
Seeing the violet, he knelt down to picked it up.
At that very moment he felt all the pain and suffering the traveler had endured.
He felt all the loneliness during her life long quest.
Most importantly he felt the love she had dedicated to her search. Feeling this overwhelming emotion he cries. For the travelers search was not in vain because it had been delivered.
This poem used to make me feel desperate to find love. I use to be so naive and believe in true love and that every girl had a prince charming waiting for her, and I wanted to find mine. Now, I look at this poem and see it simply as a piece of work a friend of mine wrote many years ago. Looking back it makes me laugh and remember the good times we shared but at the same time, we still had a lot of growing up to do.
There was one in particular that rekindled an old memory. It’s called “The Traveler” by Shannon Graham.
The Traveler
A traveler set out on a journey to find her one and only love.
The traveler searched far, and her quest carried her to distant lands.
She traveled for what seemed to be a thousand lifetimes.
She grew old and tired for she could travel no further.
She fell upon her knees, with her face to the sky and cried, Why?
Why isn’t there anyone for me?
She lay in her snowy path and departed from this earth, where her body once had layed a single violet emerged from the ground.
There after a handsome young drifter walked along this same path, the traveler once had walked.
Seeing the violet, he knelt down to picked it up.
At that very moment he felt all the pain and suffering the traveler had endured.
He felt all the loneliness during her life long quest.
Most importantly he felt the love she had dedicated to her search. Feeling this overwhelming emotion he cries. For the travelers search was not in vain because it had been delivered.
This poem used to make me feel desperate to find love. I use to be so naive and believe in true love and that every girl had a prince charming waiting for her, and I wanted to find mine. Now, I look at this poem and see it simply as a piece of work a friend of mine wrote many years ago. Looking back it makes me laugh and remember the good times we shared but at the same time, we still had a lot of growing up to do.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Not Alone In My Twilight Zone
Defending Twilight
Recently, I posted a blog stressing my love for Twilight, the romantic, yet adventurous story of forbidden lovers, a male vampire and a human girl.
Clark Collis, a critic for Entertainment Weekly states “This adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling novel (for girls!) is exactly the lamest episode of 90210 ever made combining forces with the second-lamest episode of 90210 ever made.” Personally I disagree because this novel captured my attention. I constantly found myself lost in reality because I was so into the book. It creates a story in your mind and your able to see everything as it happens.
Collis also makes fun of Stephenie for publishing a book about two teenagers getting all “cow eyed” at one another. This immediately caught me off guard and made me feel enraged. This book isn’t just another story about two teenagers finding love and living happily ever after, it’s much more. It grabs the attention of adults as well as teens and pulls them into a world they have yet to experience.
In my blog, I wanted to capture the reader’s attention and I wanted them to visualize the image I got from reading this book. I mentioned that “by taking the average disturbed girl out of the traditional setting and landing her into a new world that she would have never imagined to exist.”
Collis says the same thing but in a more negative way. I chose Collis because he really put down Twilight and I feel that he was wrong and I wanted to defend what I love most. With that being said, I really don’t think I could change Collis’ mind but I do feel that he could be a bit more open-minded about Twilight.
On the other hand, Owen Gleiberman (another critic for Entertainment Weekly) would likely disagree with Collis: “In Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 novel, Edward is Romeo, Heathcliff, James Dean, and Brad Pitt all rolled into one: a scruffy-gorgeous bloodsucker pinup who is really an angelic protector.” He also states that “the intense, ego-stroking appeal of Meyer’s novel was the way that Bella becomes this undead Byronic stud’s soul mate without quite knowing why she’s worthy,” which makes it all more worth while to read the story and capture the events that takes place.
I strongly agree with Gleiberman. He explains the story line with much detail and goes into depth about the relationship between Bella and Edward and how they struggle to be together.
Collis’ review was more harsh and bitter, in regards to the story line. But the fact that it was for “girls” just makes it another sappy love story. I disagree. The mysteriousness and the “keeping you on your toes” makes the book so popular. It’s what captures your attention and keeps you into it.
Gleiberman’s review was great, and catchy in regards to the story line. He keeps your attention as he explains with excruciating detail, the pros of the novel. I like the review and it made me feel like I’m not alone in the Twilight world.
Works Cited
Gleiberman, Owen. "Twilight ." 19 11 2008, 24 Feb 2009.
Collis, Clark. "Twilight Mania." 20 12 2008 24 Feb 2009.
Recently, I posted a blog stressing my love for Twilight, the romantic, yet adventurous story of forbidden lovers, a male vampire and a human girl.
Clark Collis, a critic for Entertainment Weekly states “This adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling novel (for girls!) is exactly the lamest episode of 90210 ever made combining forces with the second-lamest episode of 90210 ever made.” Personally I disagree because this novel captured my attention. I constantly found myself lost in reality because I was so into the book. It creates a story in your mind and your able to see everything as it happens.
Collis also makes fun of Stephenie for publishing a book about two teenagers getting all “cow eyed” at one another. This immediately caught me off guard and made me feel enraged. This book isn’t just another story about two teenagers finding love and living happily ever after, it’s much more. It grabs the attention of adults as well as teens and pulls them into a world they have yet to experience.
In my blog, I wanted to capture the reader’s attention and I wanted them to visualize the image I got from reading this book. I mentioned that “by taking the average disturbed girl out of the traditional setting and landing her into a new world that she would have never imagined to exist.”
Collis says the same thing but in a more negative way. I chose Collis because he really put down Twilight and I feel that he was wrong and I wanted to defend what I love most. With that being said, I really don’t think I could change Collis’ mind but I do feel that he could be a bit more open-minded about Twilight.
On the other hand, Owen Gleiberman (another critic for Entertainment Weekly) would likely disagree with Collis: “In Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 novel, Edward is Romeo, Heathcliff, James Dean, and Brad Pitt all rolled into one: a scruffy-gorgeous bloodsucker pinup who is really an angelic protector.” He also states that “the intense, ego-stroking appeal of Meyer’s novel was the way that Bella becomes this undead Byronic stud’s soul mate without quite knowing why she’s worthy,” which makes it all more worth while to read the story and capture the events that takes place.
I strongly agree with Gleiberman. He explains the story line with much detail and goes into depth about the relationship between Bella and Edward and how they struggle to be together.
Collis’ review was more harsh and bitter, in regards to the story line. But the fact that it was for “girls” just makes it another sappy love story. I disagree. The mysteriousness and the “keeping you on your toes” makes the book so popular. It’s what captures your attention and keeps you into it.
Gleiberman’s review was great, and catchy in regards to the story line. He keeps your attention as he explains with excruciating detail, the pros of the novel. I like the review and it made me feel like I’m not alone in the Twilight world.
Works Cited
Gleiberman, Owen. "Twilight ." 19 11 2008, 24 Feb 2009
Collis, Clark. "Twilight Mania." 20 12 2008 24 Feb 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
My Twilight Zone
Reading is a passion of mine that I have always enjoyed. My discovery of a book called Twilight deepened my love of reading by engaging my interests in the forbidden love between a male vampire and a human girl and his undeniable urge to taste the blood of the girl he loves. Being that he has never experienced the taste of human blood, makes his struggle of his love for Bella more bittersweet. His fight to keep others from harming her has turned into his most difficult task as well as challenging himself to not have to choose between first blood or first love. Keeping such a huge secret in a small town has its disadvantages. Such as attending school on dreary day, playing baseball in the rain and feeding on animal’s blood in the woods on sunny days. While the upside of having a girlfriend, is that he has someone to confide his “powers” in. Bella knows that something within her is not quite right and she fights with the idea of becoming immortal to be just like Edward. She seems to find comfort in the thought of becoming immortal. But Edward knows the cruel fate of this decision so he tried to persuade himself against the idea of Bella living forever, even when he is faced with the deadly decision of saving her life by immortalizing her. He faces his biggest challenge when he loses himself in trying to save her life by taking too much of her life. Part of the attraction for Edward was that Bella is a bit of a recluse and deep down, he felt that he could trust her with his secret; Even though he never told her his secret. Bella’s intuitive nature led her to seek out Edwards’s secret when he saved her from being crushed. This book gives a fresh look at a stereotypical story line involving vampires and humans. It takes the “boy meets girl” scenario to a whole new level by taking the average disturbed girl out of the traditional setting and landing her into a new world that she would have never imagined to exist.
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