I did the dream. And then I wanted to see what would happen with them. It was just me spending time with this fantasy world, and then when it was finished it was like, 'This is long enough to be a book! When I was 8, I was reading "Gone with the Wind" and "Pride and Prejudice" and all that, not knowing it wasn't my reading level. Now that "Twilight" is a huge success, it's hard to imagine any literary agent rejecting it. But Stephenie says she'd submitted it to plenty of people before she was signed.
Stephenie says it was her sister who really pushed her to keep submitting it to more agents. These days, the "Twilight"series is more than just a literary hit. The first two movies have also created a stir and catapulted three young stars into the limelight. British actor Robert Pattinson, who plays the lead vampire Edward Cullen, is now an international heartthrob. When producers found Robert, Stephenie says it was a perfect fit. The author was actually asleep when she pictured a boy and a girl in a field having a fairly bizarre conversation.
The boy who would become brooding vampire, Edward Cullen was explaining to the girl Bella Swan that as much as he loved her, he still had a very strong desire to kill her. Hoping to quell her own curiosity, she began fervently imagining how the rest of the conversation might play out. I presented him with other plot options. I begged. Edward remained unmoved. The incident with Jasper acts as a catalyst, forcing him to act.
He is determined to save Bella. He thinks the best way to do this is to take the vampires out of her life. Is he being silly? In some ways, yes. Edward thinks so. So there I was, with Edward leaving. It was a hard pill to swallow, but once I accepted the inevitability of it, I had an interesting question on my hands. And writers live for interesting questions. Not some ordinary high school romance, not some random jock boyfriend, not anyone at all replaceable.
True love. The real deal. What happens if he leaves? The answer is different for everyone. I had to answer the question for Bella. What does Bella Swan do when true love leaves her? Not just true love, but Edward Cullen! None of those other heroines lost an Edward Romeo was a hothead, Willoughby was a scoundrel, Tristan had loyalty issues, Heathcliff was pure evil, Rhett had a mean streak and cheated with hookers, and sweet Gilbert was much more of a Jacob than an Edward.
I let Bella answer the question for herself, writing to see what she would do. It was hard to write her pain, because I had to live it to write it, and I was often writing through my tears. At the same time, it was always interesting. Bella surprised me with her grit and dogged determination. She pushed through the agony, living for others—Charlie in this case—as has always been her style. Side note: there are those who think Bella is a wuss. With the third and fourth installments, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn , Meyer's series has sold more million copies and has been translated into 37 languages.
The books were also adapted for a film series amassing five installments, including The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 , released in November In May , following a dramatic countdown on her website, Meyer announced that she was publishing the long-awaited Midnight Sun , a retelling of the Twilight story from Edward's perspective. The author had abandoned the project after the manuscript was leaked online in , before resuming work on it years later. In , Meyer released her first non- Twilight work: The Host focuses on a race of parasitic beings that have invaded most of the humans on Earth, and one girl's ability to fight off — and then bond with — her invading soul.
While not achieving the immense commercial success of the Twilight books, The Host landed on the Times' best-seller list and was translated into multiple languages. The author took another emphatic step away from the YA genre with the publication of The Chemist , about a terrorist interrogator who finds herself on the run from the shadowy government organization that once relied on her unique skills. In , Meyer founded Fickle Fish Films with partner Meghan Hibbett as a means for bringing literature-based screen projects to life.
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Rowling is the creator of the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series, one of the most popular book and film franchises in history.
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