I write like...
Mar 1, 2014 15:11:14 GMT -6
Post by sapphire on Mar 1, 2014 15:11:14 GMT -6
Hmm, I don't remember the series all that clearly, but I can't remember any moment that Bella even really thought about something other than either Edward or Jacob (or, occasionally, her parents, or how unfair it was that everyone in school wanted to be friends with her - but even those tie back to the boys eventually).
As I said before, I'm of two minds about the whole leaked draft thing.
I definitely understand not being ready for the world to see your work yet, and to have so many people reading a draft that she did not consider finished must have been awful (I'm assuming, based on her reaction, that it was not Stephanie Meyer who leaked it - she could have, true, but I honestly rather doubt it). I've had moments where I just wanted to quit writing a certain story, and if it's not working for you anymore, then it's not working. Better to stop than to force it and turn out something sub-par.
But then, she went about telling the world that she wasn't going to finish it all wrong. She posted this long letter online (if I'm not mistaken it was accompanying the "official" release of the draft that had been leaked) that just made her sound victimized. It was, honestly, pretty whiny. All "I know who did it" and "they betrayed me" and basically making her fans feel guilty for reading it at all, even though she'd posted it, ostensibly, so that they could read it without guilt.
Also, to claim that James would have won if she'd kept writing? Really? Yes, emotion plays a large part in the writing process, but if you're so emotional about it that the entire plot changes because you're in a bad mood, you have a larger problem. (Especially if you're writing something that has already been released to the public in a different point of view, so they all know how the story ends.)
She just didn't handle the situation well.
As I said before, I'm of two minds about the whole leaked draft thing.
I definitely understand not being ready for the world to see your work yet, and to have so many people reading a draft that she did not consider finished must have been awful (I'm assuming, based on her reaction, that it was not Stephanie Meyer who leaked it - she could have, true, but I honestly rather doubt it). I've had moments where I just wanted to quit writing a certain story, and if it's not working for you anymore, then it's not working. Better to stop than to force it and turn out something sub-par.
But then, she went about telling the world that she wasn't going to finish it all wrong. She posted this long letter online (if I'm not mistaken it was accompanying the "official" release of the draft that had been leaked) that just made her sound victimized. It was, honestly, pretty whiny. All "I know who did it" and "they betrayed me" and basically making her fans feel guilty for reading it at all, even though she'd posted it, ostensibly, so that they could read it without guilt.
Also, to claim that James would have won if she'd kept writing? Really? Yes, emotion plays a large part in the writing process, but if you're so emotional about it that the entire plot changes because you're in a bad mood, you have a larger problem. (Especially if you're writing something that has already been released to the public in a different point of view, so they all know how the story ends.)
She just didn't handle the situation well.
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