Stephen King Disses Stephanie Meyer Of Twilight
Stephen King gave his opinion about the writing of Stephanie Meyer, of Twilight fame. The famed horror writer was promoting his new book when he was asked about Meyer. His blunt response probably surprised some when he was asked about both Jo Rowling and Stephanie Meyer.
"The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn," he said. "She's not very good."
King wasn't completely relentless in his criticism.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's very exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because they're not overtly sexual.
"A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."
For her part, Stephanie Meyer once described King as a writer she most admired.
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