Three quotes follow that sum up the magic or lack of magic which is TWILIGHT, et al. The first two come from 30+ professional woman, both ex-students, for whom I have tremendous respect. They offer opposing viewpoints. The third is from a young married man, and I absolutely love his clever quote.
#1 "I read them, but by default - I got the first two as Christmas gifts last year and then read the other two because they were a series. :) But I can't say that they were great and I have absolutely NO desire to see the movies. See, it took me all of a couple hours to read each one because the writing was so simple, and I didn't really care about any of the characters. Edward is written as the worst enemy of independent women/feminists everywhere, so I don't understand the attraction. "
#2 Okay, Okay...I must confess...I'm a 35-year old Twilight Fan!!!!
I LOVED your posting about it and it had me cracking up, as I am obsessed with it, but also have a sense of humor about it! The writing is pretty horrible, but the plot is just terrific. I read these books while pregnant and/or home with a child under the age of 1 year. It was an easy book to get lost in, delicious in imagery, fragrant with impossibly cheesy romance. Maybe I missed teaching teenagers or just needed a simple escape. My librarian actually recommended it to me before the obsession got as crazy as it is now...anyway, thought you would like to know why I love Twilight.
My students asked me last week - which do you like better in the movie - edward or jacob?
I said, "Which is legal for me to like?"
#3 "I’ve never read any of the books. My wife has twice. I swear I've heard her say under her breath that she wishes I was more like Edward. Whatever that means."
I have started writing SUMMERPLAY for July 2010. I had a pretty clear idea of the play I wanted to write and was thinking about a good name for the uncle, who is very important in the story. We were approaching the house we rented in Cape Cod for the first time when I noticed a street named Uncle Harvey's Way, and I knew a name and a title had just been delivered to me. The play's title is UNCLE HARVEY'S WAY, and it has a cast of 16, 9 female roles from 16 to 70ish and 7 male rolesfrom 16 to 50ish. There might be only 6 male roles if I decide to play a part, which I'm thinking of doing. One of the characters in the play is called the "Writer," and he functions as a sort of go-between between reality and the created world. I've always been interested in the relationship that a writer develops with his characters, and in UNCLE HARVEY'S WAY the writer will talk to one of the main characters as the play develops.
I'm having a specially good time writing this play, because I'm writing it like its a play for grown-ups. I don't mean that it won't be a play for high school students, because it will. There will be parts in it for high school age actors. But its going to deal with some serious issues within a dysfunctional family. Although, this is a play that I hope will have lots of humor, it is going to be far and away the most serious play I've ever written. My characters are going to talk and act in a way as close to life as I can create.
I'm not sure how this will all work out, but I can't wait to get a first draft done and do a practice read-through. Maybe UNCLE HARVEY'S WAY will crash and burn, but I do love that quote from a few posts back. I can't remember it exactly, but it was something to the effect of if you are fearful of failure, you probably won't create anything special.
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