Midnight Sun

I finally realized what could have made Twilight a much better book. I was told by a friend there was another version of the same story on Stephenie Meyer's website called Midnight Sun. This version, although it is a draft and will remain only half written because of a leakage, is from Edward's point of view. Just by reading the half finished draft book I understood everything so much better! Characters have personalities now, not just an empty face. Both books are written in the internal point of view of the main character, Bella or Edward. My personal opinion, although it would have made for a long book, is that she should have combined to two and switched between the characters. I think it would have made for a much better display of the story line.

It was also pretty comforting to see a professional author's rough draft. I caught so many errors and wrong words in sentences. I guess they are just like us after all. Reading so much recently has made me appreciate books and writing again. I forgot how much I loved reading and writing. When I was younger I wanted to be a writer and to be honest I have always been pretty good at it. Things I wrote in school were turned into plays or kept in an "excellent example" stash for future classes. Not trying to brag, but apparently it is part of who I am. Now that I am back to reading, there is a thirst for more books and it is almost impossible to put them down. Not only wanting to read, but also wanting to write. If only I could come up with something I want to write about. I've done it before. I've written many stories. Several that would have been hundreds of pages long, if I hadn't gotten frustrated with myself and thrown them away. My original intention usually never worked out right and somehow they took a turn I never liked. So instead of going back and cutting things out like a normal person would, I deleted them or threw them away. Not very smart I admit, but I haven't tried writing since probably my freshman year in college maybe even high school. Perhaps it is time I tried again. We'll see. Oh books! How I've missed them!