S.Meyer could have destroyed my writing style...plz help.

Question

to put the dots over the letters- i HATE stephenie meyers style of writing. But when i start wrting my OWN book whick means ALOT to me i find her words littered onto my paragraphs.it could be because ive read her entire series in one row and havent read anything else and im really worried! if i read more authours or not read at all will my own style that i REALLY liked come back??

Answer 1

Well, if you're persistent enough, you should be able to beat it.



Smeyer has unknowingly influenced a lot of people. Do you know how many stories from my own friends I've read with 'melting topaz eyes', 'alabaster skin', etc? It's an unconscious thing, I think; everyone wants the perfect chraracters, so they copy Smeyer's because hers are the vision of 'perfect', even though they are no more than cliche.



You need to come up with a quirky, uncliched character to break it. Put someone ugly, with a strange way of handling things into your story; you might find he or she will help you get back to thinking like you used to. It's what I did.



Otherwise, read somebody else's work. It doesn't matter if it's your friends, or classics; just nothing vampire-y or cliche. I find that reading too many books of one genre creates a cliched image in my head of what I SHOULD be writing. Mix it up.



Good luck,

Rab

Answer 2

First you should think about the format of your story. How do you want it to be read and interpreted by your readers? It does help to read books from other authors if you are not a seasoned writer as of yet. You could also get a book on how to write from either the library or bookstore (these kinds of books usually have a sampling of different writing styles).



Everyone is different when it comes to writing. After all, it is THEIR form of art. Do what feels good for you..No matter how good the author may seem, there are also editor's out there who put a great deal of input into those bestsellers.

Answer 3

Geez, I'm sorry about that. It happened to the beginning of the second chapter of my own book. The male lead was suddenly brooding and once I even wrote "His golden eyes" And that was a major wake up call. I had just finished reading Eclipse. I would advise not to read them again until you are done.

I went off and read a book called Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. Its got such a unique style that it will, in essence, snap you right out of your funk and back into your own style. Just get Twilight off the brain. Easier said than done, but persist.



I think ruff ruff grr is being overly critical. People's questions are not indicative of their writing style when writing through a charachter. You haven't seen her describe things, you haven't read her characters, you should get over it. Truth is, you cant always tell everything about someone's writing from two paragraphs not meant to be overly criticized.

Answer 4

Stephen King was a household name way before Stephenie Meyer was. I've always respected King and his writing. Even though Meyer is extremely popular at the moment, she will never be able to steal the light from an accomplished writer of 4 decades. He is a literary legend and an excellent writer. Also, you have to realize that Stephen King's audience is much older than the Twilight audience. It is more mature and dignified. They do not parade around boasting about him. They know he is the shiz and go on about his business. Although, they don't care to come out and defend him we he is being attacked for answering an interview question Truthfully.

Answer 5

All authors are the product of what they read. Your previous style was without a doubt influenced by all the other books you've read and liked in your life. The easy solution is to read another book or a few by different authors. That will get your mind of meyer, which is a good thing since her writing leaves a lot to be desired though it is charming in its own way.

Answer 6

If you don't read her books for a while and read other books instead it will wear off. How long that will take is the real question. It would be good to read many books that are different from it as possible. That would probably prove to be more effective then to stop reading. Meanwhile, I must question your decision to read the series if you hate her style of writing.

Answer 7

Get Smeyer's books out of your head, then. Try reading some of the classics; anything by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, J.D. Salinger, Alan Paton, Willa Cather, etc. You could even read Alice in Wonderland for inspiration!

Answer 8

My lord, girl. I look at what you wrote here and I say to myself, "Maybe Stephenie Meyer did you a favor."



Immature answers disgrace us and not you? Oookay. How about showing us your maturity by capitalizing the first word of every sentence? How about using the occasional comma? How about using apostrophes? How about getting rid of all those run-on sentences?

And all this while YA! has both a spell checker and a grammar checker!! Lord almighty.

Some of us may be immature, but at least we're literate.

Writing style? To be quite blunt, you have none. That's not meant to be mean. That's just meant to save you the trouble. Quit trying to write this supposed book, and take a few years to learn grammar and spelling. It'll save you a great deal of headaches in the future.

Answer 9

I wish reading S. Meyer's books helped MY writing. No matter what I read, my writing is always the same. I hate what I write, it just sounds terrible. If I were you, I would consider myself lucky.



Anyways, try re-reading some of your favorite books. If the books you read influence the way you write, read the ones you were reading while you were writing. :-)

Answer 10

Read a variety of different books. Then stop and think for a bit, and your big idea will come and it will be stylish.

Answer 11

Don't blame Stephenie Meyer because you have lost your voice. It is not her fault if you are easily influenced by her writing. Keep writing, it will come back to you.

Answer 12

weird.



seems like an excuse to hate,haha..

its an opinion,thanks for flipping out.