The following is all from S.Meyer's website.
"I realized pretty quickly that Forever Dawn did not follow the rules of YA. The biggest non-YA thing I'd done with Forever Dawn was this: I'd pretty much passed over the rest of Bella's high school experience entirely, skipping ahead to a time in her life with more mature themes. "
Yes, and Forever Dawn was of "that adult content" Where I didn't even realize that Bella and Edward ----- in Breaking Dawn the first time I read it. She is Mormon after all, how racy could Forever Dawn ever have been?
Note of Caution: Prepare to laugh your ---- off
"So, as I began to sketch out New Moon, I went back to Bella's senior year of high school and asked my little cast of characters, "What happened?"
I swiftly regretted asking them for the story. Because they gave me a story I wasn't expecting. More specifically, Edward told me something I didn't want to hear."
Well, we now know the mental state of Ms. Meyer. Talking to her characters is she, I bet Edward asked her specifically if he could sparkle in the sun.
OH NO! Edward told her something she didn't want to hear? Was it that she is the crappiest writer in the world? That she completely ruined literature? That she should stop right now before she further messes up the mind of innocent teenagers?
but.....
"I should probably mention here that I am not crazy (that I know of)"
Of course anyone who talks to their imaginary characters makes someone completely normal. Completely normal.
"I let Bella answer the question for herself, writing to see what she would do."
For someone who forgets they are breathing and has literally no self awareness, it's a wonderful thing to do to trust your ditsy "protagonist" with the decision that will change the "fate of your entire book"If it's even legit to talk to your characters to write your failure of a book. I think that's why New Moon sucked. She was "listening" to Bella's retarded ideas.
"I am not anti-female, I am anti-human."
Instead, S. Meyer is team Sparkly Vampire. And I am on Team Twilight Ruined Literature.
"sketchy knowledge of vampires"
No wonder they sparkle, she know nothing of them.
"I can't tell a short story—this is going to take a while."
And you just realized? This is why Bella is a Mary Sue, both Bella and S.Meyer here have a stunningly low amount of self-awareness.
BTW: We didn't need 400 pages of crap to explain the overall plot of Twilight.
"The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire. I can't tell a short story—this is going to take a while."
So, S.Meyer got the idea of a sparkling vampire from a dream, huh? (This brings me back to the issue of her mental state) If I was going to have a dream about a vampire.... I'd imagine it trying to drink my blood, not sparkling in a meadow.
