Post AbC8ejB9tw0vsR7rwe by erwintheauthor@www.minds.com
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 (DIR) Post #AbBF8eRcTQHuRoW8VU by erwintheauthor@www.minds.com
       2023-10-26T23:13:54+00:00
       
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       #writingcommunityMetalBusiness question for writers:Twilight was a sensation for practically a decade. Took over the book shelves and set trends. What is stopping you from making your own "Twilight" that will capture millions?
       
 (DIR) Post #AbC8ejB9tw0vsR7rwe by erwintheauthor@www.minds.com
       2023-10-27T06:55:40+00:00
       
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       Well really think about it. Her low standards booked her book a deal that sent her into stardom. She didn't make anything after that, other than I believe a book written from the perspective of Edward, which means even she wasn't aware of her own secret genius.Random chance might be part of it, like she stumbled into the idea somehow, didn't know what she was doing, then came out with a smashing hit. But a lot of aspects in the story are really intentional. It's the same kind of "good writing" that we'd see in a martial arts movie. Each scene is there to create that "battle" moment, but here it's where a vampire "battles" his hunger and the girl "battles" with her conflicted feelings.I think a lot of people on minds, especially us guys, are completely clueless about where this comes from, because we're not Harlequin novel readers. I mean, try to get a chick to understand why some random game is fun/popular, like Heart of Iron or Total War. Or a movies like Freddy Got Fingered and Rikki-Oh: The Story of Rikki.It's a shocking disconnect at the extremes and online women don't really understand that disconnect themselves because girls going into male circles try to get along with the boys. But when I look at the white women on authortube, they ALL write in this Twilight style, and they mix it with something else that's girly like Hunger Games.