I agree with most of her points, however:
A) I've never heard of Twilight being a Harry Potter fic and that idea makes zero sense. I recall back during Twilight fever they released Wuthering Heights, Romeo & Juliet, and Pride & Prejudice with Twilight themed covers because Stephanie Meyer said those were some of her biggest inspirations (in general). I would assume the series is therefore a synthesized "fanfic" of those books, with some vampire lit thrown in, and not Harry Potter.
B) She comes down very negatively on "self-indulgent" writing. While I agree that OVERLY self-indulgent writing is bad, noticeable, and potentially damaging, self-indulgent writing as a concept is more neutral to me. I think a bit of self-indulgence, in some cases, can be the best choice narratively, neither diminishing the plot/characters nor preventing the writer from improvement.
C) Admittedly I found certain comments she made to be a bit pretentious. I'm easily annoyed by snooty "tastemaker" attitudes. This is not me saying her intent was to be demeaning, just acknowledging that I have a bias and some things she said activated it.
A) I've never heard of Twilight being a Harry Potter fic and that idea makes zero sense. I recall back during Twilight fever they released Wuthering Heights, Romeo & Juliet, and Pride & Prejudice with Twilight themed covers because Stephanie Meyer said those were some of her biggest inspirations (in general). I would assume the series is therefore a synthesized "fanfic" of those books, with some vampire lit thrown in, and not Harry Potter.
B) She comes down very negatively on "self-indulgent" writing. While I agree that OVERLY self-indulgent writing is bad, noticeable, and potentially damaging, self-indulgent writing as a concept is more neutral to me. I think a bit of self-indulgence, in some cases, can be the best choice narratively, neither diminishing the plot/characters nor preventing the writer from improvement.
C) Admittedly I found certain comments she made to be a bit pretentious. I'm easily annoyed by snooty "tastemaker" attitudes. This is not me saying her intent was to be demeaning, just acknowledging that I have a bias and some things she said activated it.
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