Yeah, the discussions I partake in (and my thoughts) aren't really worth much attention. It's hard for me to get my thoughts into writing when my thoughts are racing. I tend to repeat myself and bounce around my point. Which is why I start papers early and proofread then often. I've also started writing my fanfiction that's a sequel to events of the book. Though I haven't worked on it recently, I hope to compete it by the time winter break is over.
Truth be told, I'm just a lighthearted metal-head kid who's not an eloquent writer or speaker, like you are. Just don't make a "Twilight" type of novel; since you're aiming for the demographic that's growing up with that crap, you have to tread carefully when it comes to morals because children at that age take what they read and hear to heart. In fact teach these children that dependence on one dimensional men, acting like you're completely helpless, and partaking in campy love triangles are NOT cool.
A lot of talk about "Redwall" around here. I guess I should check it out.
A lot of writers are like that, to be honest, and even I do that to a degree. Even during the writing stage (though I deny the existence of a PWR model of the writing process), I tend to re-read as I write and correct little errors and stuff. The bulk of my post-writing editing tends to go into more story-based stuff, I find; re-writing story plots, establishing new plot bunnies, etc.
I'm not an especially eloquent speaker. My writing might bely a tongue of eloquence, but I'm a terrible speaker. I ramble and stutter and lose focus very easily. My writing is more flowery (I don't really think I even border on eloquence, or at least attempt to avoid doing so due to my distaste for the arrogance it may relay), but only because I edit as I write and re-work what I say. I also try to be professional in my writing (though I'll not avoid putting personality into it ;D), and I do my best to relate my point as concisely as possible, to avoid confusion. My early writing was absolute tripe, also; I look back at my
Biker Mice From Mars fan-fictions from early on, and I can't even summon up the will to re-write or uber-edit them. They're just so...ew.
Twilight? Oh dear god, NO! It's one of the stupidest books I've ever read, and serves only to be smut for an emo demographic that wants to keep itself in its fantasies and dreams for ever and for always, and to heck with reality. I'm the first to admit that reality is HIGHLY subjective (philosopy, ho!), but simply denying obvious truths - not religious stuff, mind you, since those are very clearly subjective and instantial - for the sake of your own lust is incredibly immature. Twilight is just bad vampire fan-fiction that should be used for toilet paper.
...Yes. I have very strong feelings towards a series that is so ravaging the literary canon that people have laboured to establish.
Interesting thing about the Twilight demographic, though; the age range there is early to late teens (i.e. 13-17ish). The series itself, due to its smuttiness and lack of respect for proper storytelling (a trait common in many popular works, such as Stephen King sh- I mean, novels), has turned into a series that appeals not only to idiots of one generation, but idiots of several. Yes. I just called my mother, sisters, and many friends idiots. I've done it to their faces (though with considerably less venom in my tone), so this is really nothing new.
Don't misunderstand (great, now you've got me in ranting mode...NERDRAEG FTW!); a lot of books out there are terrible, just like a lot of movies. Jacques' works based on
Redwall are far from epic writing. But, despite the Mary Sues and Deus Ex Machinae etc. etc., they do the one thing that most people seem to forego in favour of money in our contemporary age: they tell bloody solid stories. The writing is par, give or take, and the characters are often two-dimensional (with some exceptions), but all in all at the end of the book, you're satisfied because you just read a good story. Nothing amazing, but good, and considering the young demographic the novels appeal to, that's something extraordinary.
ANYWAYS! Moving on from my nerd-raeg.
Redwall is a decent series. It's one of my favourites because it doesn't try to be everything at once, and it doesn't forego good stories for commercial income or lust value. Out of all the books,
Martin the Warrior is probably my favourite, though
Mattimeo seems to be growing on me since I started reading it again.
Yeah, the discussions I partake in (and my thoughts) aren't really worth much attention. It's hard for me to get my thoughts into writing when my thoughts are racing. I tend to repeat myself and bounce around my point. Which is why I start papers early and proofread then often. I've also started writing my fanfiction that's a sequel to events of the book. Though I haven't worked on it recently, I hope to compete it by the time winter break is over.
Truth be told, I'm just a lighthearted metal-head kid who's not an eloquent writer or speaker, like you are. Just don't make a "Twilight" type of novel; since you're aiming for the demographic that's growing up with that crap, you have to tread carefully when it comes to ethnics because children at that age take what they read and hear to heart. In fact teach these children that dependence on one dimensional men, acting like you're completely helpless, and partaking in campy love triangles are NOT cool.
While we're at it, he should also teach them that when you're cornered by a bounty hunter, you should NEVER let him shoot first... Because there's no reason for him to miss. ;)
A lot of talk about "Redwall" around here. I guess I should check it out.
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My recommendation is to watch the TV show, not the condensed "Movie."
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Actually, I would recommend against the show. It certainly makes some characters a bit more realistic (though YMMV; I personally still find a lot of them as Sue-ish as before), and it gets very well-done in the [i]Martin the Warrior[/i] arc (i.e. Season 3), but it is still arguably an unsuccessful rendition of the books. They did very well, though I think they went a bit too far in limiting the violence. So much Bloodless Carnage and off-screen deaths and attempts to avoid blood out the wazoo. That being said, this was made whilst the censors were on a rampage (...oh, if I could get my han- I mean, if I could get my paws on them...), so if it had been made in the early '90s or closer to today's age, where the censors are starting to get some sense knocked into them, it might have been a lot better.
But, as always, books are better. End of. ;D