Twilight is horrid...
No, it isn't.
And why do those who hate Twilight find a way to inject it into nearly every thread going on a decade after publication? Most of the fans I know have moved on to other things.
Twilight is horrid...
While I do occasionally post short pieces in the Showcase, I don't post excerpts from either of the novels I have in progress. The reason is pretty simple: I'm going to try the traditional publishing route with those. Publishers some to be all over the place in terms of what they consider 'published.' I've seen publishers who consider anything published on the internet to be 'published,' even if it is in a critique forum accessible only by website members. If the publisher you approach takes that viewpoint (which seems to me to be rather harsh, but it is what it is), then you've blown your chance with them by publishing in a critique forum.
No, it isn't.
And why do those who hate Twilight find a way to inject it into nearly every thread going on a decade after publication? Most of the fans I know have moved on to other things.
@Steerpike
EEEEK! I've put loads of my stuff up on the Showcase. I guess I've been seeing it as a place for critiques rather than 'showcasing.' As if that isn't bad enough, I had no idea that posting on a critique forum was also seen as publishing.
Even though the work posted isn't the final draft, could this put publishers off?
I guess it's better if you want work critiquing to share privately...
Actually, I'm with Lotus on this one...
Yes, but it has been demonstrated in at least one other thread why you're wrong
I am not "wrong" we just have a differing point of view.
No, it isn't.
And why do those who hate Twilight find a way to inject it into nearly every thread going on a decade after publication? Most of the fans I know have moved on to other things.
Twilight was published in October 2005, less than 7 years ago. Not quite a decade.
Actually, I'm with Lotus on this one...
It's something of a dilemma for me really. On the one hand, I enjoy berating Twilight. It's something of a guilty pleasure. On the other hand, I'd also just like it to just go away. I'd like nothing better than for it to fade into obscurity now that the books and movies are over with, and that won't happen if we keep discussing it. So yeah. Kind of a catch 22.
Let's continue the discussion. Unless someone wants to discuss stealing from Twilight?
Since I started my novel, there's been a couple times when similar sounding ideas cropped up that made me think... "Grr, if I ever send this to publishers they're going to think I lifted such-and-such from that book or that movies or that TV series"... when in reality, we both happened upon the same notion separately... which I know happens as well.
That's happened to me too. I loved werewolves, and I was working on some werewolf stuff since *before* Twilight- and after that juggernaut, I thought "Nuts, it'll be past my natural lifespan before it's safe to write about werewolves again." I threw the werewolves out, but there have been other elements that I decided to just keep and take my chances with.
Ditto... although I haven't seen aforementioned threads here or engaged in Twilight-bashing. Then again, I tend to keep my opinions on such matters to myself since I wasn't that impressed with the last Harry Potter book either.
*ducks*
As a wise man once said... "This too shall pass"...