Do talentless hacks who make millions make anyone else here mad?

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Such as people like Stephanie Meyer who can't even learn the processes of punctuation and grammar and yet manages to make more money than James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr ever did combined?

I'm an aspiring writer and seeing this trite garbage make more money than I ever will just plain out pisses me off.

Anyone else harbor these feelings?

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By trite garbage I am referring to Mrs. Meyers herself.

To HUMANBEING:

You really weren't paying attention were you? And secondly, what?

To Huma:

Duly noted.

Answer 1

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YES!
it's amazing how she turned a piece of crap into a bestselling book. now everyone thinks that they can write their own books about vampires and crap.
teens are so easily entertained

i know this is true cuz i used to be a fan myself

Answer 2

It wasn't her writing that made her millions, it was the story. But, yeah, I don't like her either. She got pretty darn lucky, though. I wouldn't mind making millions from writing.

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Also an aspiring writer.

Answer 3

so far, i havent come across a truly awful book, although sex and the city is long and drags on (still havent finished it!!!) candace bushnell is lucky it got turned into tv show and movies.
im also an aspiring writer, 13, and have written a lot of stuff. please answer mine (you can tell me if i too am trite garbage :P)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…

Dee xx

Answer 4

I used to.

But think about this: The writings from Joyce, Fitzgerald, and Vonnegut Jr all have much more staying power than those from Meyer. In five years, it won't be big and there's a good chance that most of the people who like it now will be embarrassed that they ever did.

Twilight *isn't* good. It's poorly written. Has no concrete themes *because* it's poorly written. There is no way that these books will ever be around in the future. This is a phase book. A "read for pleasure" book. People read it, enjoy it, forget it. And that's that.

Answer 5

I agree completely about her lack of writing talent. But what I find even more disgusting is that she is a practicing Mormon who is using the vampire fiction genre to promote sexual abstinence to impressionable young girls. She is a propagandist.

Answer 6

What you like might make someone else cringe and vice-a-versa.

Since your post is targeted at S.M., I might add that she's an author, not a writer, and she got lucky with her story. Bashing her for her apparent lack of writing skills is completely overdone now and if you feel angry because she's 'made it' in the book world, then go out there and write something for all of us to read.