But who wants to read about that? No one, obviously!
Instead, I'll write about something cool, something fun. Something like... Books! Everyone loves reading about books, right? And I love writing about (and just writing) books, so, it works perfectly!
I may have mentioned before that I just recently bought Dracula, The Prince and the Pauper, and Sherlock Holmes (volume one). Those are the latest editions to my library, which I have been trying to expand with the classics, things like The Time Machine, Oliver Twist, Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice (all of which I own) to name a few. I have been trying to broaden my horizons, get a taste of what literature was before monstrosities like Twilight, and the other terrible vampire novels that have come into existence since Twilight got popular. I have half a mind to write my own, amazing, vampire novel and get famous off it, just because I probably could right now. Not that I couldn't get famous for a novel any way. It would just be so much easier with the vampire craze that's going on right now.
No one seems to appreciate the good literature any more. Even good books of today are only mediocre at best, with semi-interesting plots, and sloppy writing styles. Unfortunately, I'm afraid my stories may fall under that category. I constantly strive to follow the example of my role models, Tolkien and Lewis, but it's difficult to model your own writing style after some one else's. I could never reflect Tolkien's own fantastic style in my own... I can't even finish reading The Lord of the Rings any more. They're just too hard for me to get through.
I ought to be a book critic. I'll be able to read books, and get paid for it! And then you'll see my comments on the back, things like this: 'This book was tastefully written, playfully delivered, and jam-packed with everything a good adventure novel ought to have!" Wouldn't that be a great job?
I think it's possible that I've rambled enough. Honestly, I'm not even certain what I just wrote, because it's currently 8:12 in the morning, and I'm half asleep. I have a box of frootloops downstairs (and hopefully milk) and breakfast seems to be silently summoning me.
Thank you, reader, for your patience in reading through this post. Hopefully I'll get a few more little snippets of writing posted soon.
- Aimee
Reading gives inspiration. Keep reading! If it helps you to write 'fake' critiques of well established novels, do it! I'd advise composing one per chapter, and that'll help you realize waht you like and don't like in what you've read, so you can write more consicely to what your goal may be.
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