Twilight series update! Me reading the books, that is, not movie spoilers. Don't get excited.

[foxmonkey]

Holy friggin' maholey. I was on LJ hiatus when I finished the series. OH MY GOD, BREAKING DAWN. I wanted to break someone's face. Oddly enough, I did like the last book. So, hooray! I don't ever need to read that horrible series again with its bad!fic writing style in spots! "I muttered." "I mumbled." Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! KILL, KILL, KILL!!!

Speaking of bad!fic, Stephenie Meyer (sp? whatever) should be staked in the heart for every fangirl who now does the following:

1) "I saw him", blah blah blah. Dude, use his name.

2) Authors (HAHAHAHAHA, I use the term loosely) who don't seem to realize that 'said' is the most invisible word there is to indicate that someone is speaking. "I said." Simple, to the point, accurate. DAMN STEPHENIE MEYER TO ETERNAL DAMNATION for fic where every statement ends with "I muttered" or "I mumbled." Really?

I have for real and truly read fic where every single sentence used those two words, not a single 'said' in the bunch. Open a dictionary and see what those words mean, people! I'll bet a dollar to donuts that you're using them incorrectly! Stephenie Meyer has lead you astray! REJECT HER BADLY-WRITTEN TEACHINGS!!!!

Oy.

So, yes. So endeth my rants on these idiotic books.

Also, Robert Pattinson continues to be gorgeous.

JC!

Comments

[worldwouldend.livejournal.com]

Hah! I've never read the books all the way through, but I know enough about the plot that I was expecting this rant to be about that, not the writing itself. But I can't agree enough about this:

don't seem to realize that 'said' is the most invisible word there is to indicate that someone is speaking

Said! Just say they said it! Once in a while it is okay to mix it up, but mostly I can intuit whether someone gasped or exclaimed by the context and the dialogue without the action verb of the day.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

Hah! I've never read the books all the way through, but I know enough about the plot that I was expecting this rant to be about that, not the writing itself. But I can't agree enough about this:

don't seem to realize that 'said' is the most invisible word there is to indicate that someone is speaking

Said! Just say they said it! Once in a while it is okay to mix it up, but mostly I can intuit whether someone gasped or exclaimed by the context and the dialogue without the action verb of the day.

YES! OH MY GOD, YES!!!! I read one just the other day -- though to be fair, I don't *think* she's a native speaker, at least I hope not! -- where everything is "I cried." There was one truly amazing sentence where the character both cried and whispered at the same time (no small trick!), but I can't remember now how she put it. Hmmmm, I'm almost COMPELLED to find it now. ::thinks::

edited to add -- Holy Lawd, she *is* a native speaker.

I know enough about the plot that I was expecting this rant to be about that

A friend and I spent an entire lunch hour ranting about the horrible message the books send to girls about living your life for some guy, needing a guy, etc. I ground my teeth down to nubs while reading those books. ::GRRRR::