I missed you peoples! -huggles-
Silver! *glompth*
Who are your literary influences?
It's not who you think. XD
Actually, Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman, first writers of the DragonLance series, were the ones who taught me a lot about writing. I would spend hours just reading those books, picking up their control of characters, thoughts, actions, and the world that they created, trying to place that in my own writing. Of course, they were influenced by J.R.R. Tolkein, so... But I've never read TLotR.
Lord of the Flies on the other hand is a definite favorite of mine.
And, really, is it worth it, if only to check them out/see why people say it teaches you how not to write a novel?
Anti-Shur'tugal is love. <3 Cruise around the site and be amazed at how people can point out the errors of Paolini's ways!
The main character is a rather large Stu. I believe it was said that the magic of the world is a difficult thing to learn, but he picks it up quickly. Because he has t3h dragon, who really does nothing and is more like a horse. Neigh.
That said, I am buying the third book when it comes out, only because I have the first two (blame my mother. She's all like "He's young and published! He should be your hero!" And I'm all like "I have a hero! His name is Orson! ;-;") and I couldn't live without the complete set.
Of course, Paolini's all like "I might bring out a fourth book to not disappoint my obsessive fans!" So...