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JX Valentine

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well, I'll just say that Christopher Paolini taught me how not to write fantasy. (Seriously, Eragon reads like a mish-mash of Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Anne McAffrey's books. And Eragon turns into shiny canon stu by book two. And he's seriously bordering on wish-fulfilment character. Yeah, me no like.)
I'm a little tempted to read these books now, just because everyone I know has said the same thing about them. XD

At the risk of sounding out of the loop, what exactly are they about? I know that there's a dragon involved and some sort of Chosen One, but...

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?
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I've only read half of Eragon and seen the movie, but
Spoiler:
it's basically about this fifteen-year-old orphan boy who lives with his uncle, goes hunting in the forest, finds a dragon egg, and it hatches into this cute little blue baby dragon. Then there's this guy in the village (the Mentor) called Brom who tells him that there were once dragon riders and dragons only hatch to the person who is meant to ride them and so on. Surprise, surprise, the dragon grows up, he names her Saphira and she starts speaking telepathically to Eragon. Then a bunch of... Urgals, was it? Some creatures that are exactly like orcs, anyway. They come and murder Eragon's uncle and he goes out with Brom and Saphira to defeat the evil emperor Galbatorix. Meanwhile Brom teaches Eragon to use magic, which consists of muttering the True Names of objects in the Ancient Language (an Old Norse ripoff with slightly tweaked English grammar in which dragons are called what translates to "scaleflaps"). Then there's this elf princess called Arya whom Eragon saves from captivity and is an Obvious Love Interest (TM). And Eragon kills this Shade guy and becomes known as Eragon Shadeslayer after that while being loved by everyone. Oh, and Brom dies, like any good Mentor (TM) should.

Supposedly the second book has some prophecy about Eragon and he turns out to be a bad guy's son. I'm not sure if he shouts "NOOOOOO!"
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I'm a little tempted to read these books now, just because everyone I know has said the same thing about them. XD

At the risk of sounding out of the loop, what exactly are they about? I know that there's a dragon involved and some sort of Chosen One, but...

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?
I actually have one friend who likes the book and said they're quite good. XD

Anyways, I too wonder if it's worth it to be taught on how not to write...^.^;
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I've read both Inheritance Series books (Eragon and Eldest) and am anticipating the third book, which is coming out in September. I admit, Eragon is a horrible stu but I got into Star Wars and LoTR after reading the first book, so the similar plot-lines don't bother me much.

Sydian

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I actually hate reading.

Most of the people I've listed I've only read one or two works by them, mainly Ambrose Bierce(and that was actually a movie we watched).

I could go on a rant on why I dig their style, but you don't want to read that. xD
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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...

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Silver! *glompth*
I've been glomped so much today, I think I'll break [virtual] bones.

Lord of the Flies on the other hand is a definite favorite of mine.
Ew. We read that at the beginning of my -cough- sophomore year. But, that's all over now. I am...-cough- a junior.

It was a pretty interesting book. The movie was weird. The little British choir boys were marching down the shore singing something about Cheerios.
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Of course, Paolini's all like "I might bring out a fourth book to not disappoint my obsessive fans!" So...
Eh, actually it was just that he decided (or, more likely, the publisher convinced him) that the third book was becoming way too long and that it would be better split into two books. The third and fourth books together will just have the content of the originally planned third book.
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Well, seeing as we have taken to discussing Eragon, I too shall join in. There are flaws in the story, yes, but I found it enjoyable to read - story is decent, if a bit unlikely with all of the Chosen one-ness and the Gary-stu-ness of Eragon, who is also a tad one-dimensional (omg they killed my uncle I feel... that I want revenge. Yes, just revenge. Not remorse or sadness or anything - just a lust for REVENGE!)

But still a good read in my opinion.

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Well, seeing as we have taken to discussing Eragon, I too shall join in. There are flaws in the story, yes, but I found it enjoyable to read - story is decent, if a bit unlikely with all of the Chosen one-ness and the Gary-stu-ness of Eragon, who is also a tad one-dimensional (omg they killed my uncle I feel... that I want revenge. Yes, just revenge. Not remorse or sadness or anything - just a lust for REVENGE!)

But still a good read in my opinion.
I've often heard that Eragon was a good book, but I really have my doubts. I keep hearing most people give it overall praise and just one flaw. The most common flaws I hear about are these: The characters are one dimensional, the atmosphere is a rip-off of Tolkien, and the plot is a rip-off of Star Wars. Those kinds of flaws are generally the ones that really get on my nerves, so I highly doubt that I would enjoy the books.

If the books are at all like the movie, I know I wouldn't enjoy them. That movie was a pile of garbage and I rue the day that my younger brother insisted that I go and see it.
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If the books are at all like the movie, I know I wouldn't enjoy them. That movie was a pile of garbage and I rue the day that my younger brother insisted that I go and see it.
From EVERYTHING that I have heard - the book is many times better than what the movie was. In fact, that generally is the case with movies based on books.

The characters aren't that great (with some execptions), but it's one of the 'flawed' stories that I've liked. Not that I wouldn't have prefered it to be un-flawed. Admittedly I haven't read it for a while though, and have learnt more about writing and characters, so I probably would be more critical of it now...

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I've often heard that Eragon was a good book, but I really have my doubts. I keep hearing most people give it overall praise and just one flaw. The most common flaws I hear about are these: The characters are one dimensional, the atmosphere is a rip-off of Tolkien, and the plot is a rip-off of Star Wars. Those kinds of flaws are generally the ones that really get on my nerves, so I highly doubt that I would enjoy the books.

If the books are at all like the movie, I know I wouldn't enjoy them. That movie was a pile of garbage and I rue the day that my younger brother insisted that I go and see it.
That's without mentioning his extremely shallow and useless female characters (and yes, Saphira is included in that) and his... ugh, I don't even want to get into how annoying it is to read descriptions of Arya. I'm not talking about necessary ones. I'm talking about ones that are just thrown in on sight to hammer home the fact that this is one incredibly hot elf-babe we're talking about here. Who just happens to own everyone in sight with both swords and magicks. And have a shot at romance with Eragon. And did I mention that, despite the fact that elves are all atheistic vegans in the Inheritance-verse, she wears leather? This all just screams "hormones, hormones, hormones". On the bright side, Paolini has taught me something else: never write characters of the opposite gender until you're sure you can get them right without resorting to a stereotype. Or you'll end up with people screaming that they were either inserts of the ideal girlfriend, or just plain stereotypic. And yes, that is why I've had zero female characters in Thief in the Night as of yet. I may introduce one in the next chapter, but I'm not sure about making a female heroine just because I can't seem to find a way to write a girl who seems to act natural. Maybe I should try a female character in a one-shot first, to see if I can get that right? Aw, I dunno. >.<

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*Refuses to join in for fear of admitting that she was one of the few who read the books and loved them due to a ten-year obsession with dragons which started because of a friend she later fell in love with*

What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?

My lowest was re-reading the first chapter of an old story which I had closed, seeing all the mistakes and hating myself for being stupid enough to actually post it. My highest was and still is the day when Saffire Persian first reviewed Visions Of Fate. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

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Thesis: XD I don't think you need to worry too much if you'll have the opposite sex being steotypical or not. In fact, I think even female writers can make female characters steyotypical. There are a few fics I read written by females where the girls are obessive with makeup, rude, and yells a lot but at the same time the boys still like him. Wish fullfillment, I guess?

What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?

I think the lowest moment is one of the reviews I got for "Forever Young" at another forum. I thought at first it would placed high after a couple of my friends told me it's good, but it's at the bottom and I didn't realize how very weak the writing style is. XD I plan to rewrite that one shot one day, but not sure when...^.^;

My highest moment is probably one of the reviews DarkPersian479 gave in which he comments on one of the scenes and in which it was the best one he has seen in quite some time. I too quite like that scene. XD
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What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?
I honestly don't remember any lows. While I have written a few bad fics before, I didn't see them to be bad when I was writing them, and nobody ever made me feel like I should stop writing. If I had to choose, it would probably be the fact that I missed the 666 views on my current fic. (I had the page on 665, and when I refreshed it was 669.) So yeah, I haven't experienced anything that bad at all yet.

As for highs, my current fic is full of them. ^^ Seeing a new post in my thread makes me get giddy and every views milestone gets me the same way. My absolute highest point would've been when I returned home after posting my prologue in the morning and receiving way more posts and views than I expected, all of them positive. Not to say that I haven't experienced that with other chapters, but I came in expecting absolutely nothing, so it really threw me off. :D EricDaRed's comment about my fic being better than some published works of fiction, icomeanon6's comment about my fic being done perfectly, and Mewtwo42's comment that mine is his favourite fic have all been high points for me as well. ^_^

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What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?
I only started writing fanfiction a few months ago, so I don't think I've written anything devastatingly bad in that regard. However, I wrote some non-Pokemon related stories when I was younger, and several of them make me want to go back in time and slap myself upside the head. I think my worst was when I was around seven or eight, and I tried writing a fantasy story that just ended up being a Tolkien rip-off. Fortunately, at that age it didn't occur to me to post my stories on the internet. (whew.)

I would say that my best moment as an author was probably the comment from jeffback I got for my April FFC story. It was the first comment I had gotten that was more than 2 lines long, and it gave me the confidence I needed to keep going with my current fic.
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Who are your literary influences?

Uhh... I don't have as many literary influences anymore, but I remember thinking how cool Jonathan Stroud was when I read his Bartimaeus trilogy. In my younger years, Brian Jaques influenced me, because of my love for talking animal stories. (He was the one who inspired me give my first story's [which included talking cat-things called Felida, dragons, and Cerberus] Cerberus character and Irish-ish accent. xD

Umm, right now, influences are usually manga or anime-based, because I enjoy the series I watch (Like I'd love to have a twisty-turny plot like Baccano!'s that works). I still read a ton, but very few books are extremely influential at the moment that I'm reading.

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Eh, actually it was just that he decided (or, more likely, the publisher convinced him) that the third book was becoming way too long and that it would be better split into two books. The third and fourth books together will just have the content of the originally planned third book.
I don't keep on top of news about those books, only what's posted in the anti-community that I'm a member of. And no one really feels like posting news unless it's mock-able.

And can I add that I really just don't care? Perhaps if he stopped running to the thesaurus for every word and writing paragraph after paragraph of things no one really cares about (and that are probably wrong anyway, such as the pristine butcher shop in medieval times), then the third book won't be as long? It's just a suggestion that's going to be thrown back at me because I is bein' mean to the prodigy. :s

Oh! Can I toss "lack of emotion" onto the list of flaws with the Inheritance series? Because I tried reading those books out loud, and it still wasn't doing anything for me.

Ew. We read that at the beginning of my -cough- sophomore year. But, that's all over now. I am...-cough- a junior.

It was a pretty interesting book. The movie was weird. The little British choir boys were marching down the shore singing something about Cheerios.
Perhaps I only enjoyed that book because of the undertones that I read into it? =D *loves her undertones that she reads into books that the author never meant to be*

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Sydian

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What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?

My lowest...was when...no one read my story because they did not support the pairing. I know realize that was the problem, but at the time, I thought it meant I was really bad...

Highest...was when someone told me I write Shakespearian. And for more of my highest, just click the link in my sig and read all my reviews. -points at bobandbill- :]

Perhaps I only enjoyed that book because of the undertones that I read into it? =D *loves her undertones that she reads into books that the author never meant to be*
I'm hoping to read things more intersting in my -cough- junior year.

Gee. What's with all this coughing? Did anyone else cough when they became a -cough- junior?
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What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?

well... my lowest moment was back in Jan. when I decided it would be cool to have some kind of super-clone of the main character. then i realized it's been done, so i scrapped the entire fic.

my highest was apparently the last chapter I wrote of AGC (A Guilty Conscience). A reader on another site told me that I had given excellent description, and chosen my words very well. Along with the fact that he enjoyed the action.



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I don't keep on top of news about those books, only what's posted in the anti-community that I'm a member of. And no one really feels like posting news unless it's mock-able.

And can I add that I really just don't care? Perhaps if he stopped running to the thesaurus for every word and writing paragraph after paragraph of things no one really cares about (and that are probably wrong anyway, such as the pristine butcher shop in medieval times), then the third book won't be as long? It's just a suggestion that's going to be thrown back at me because I is bein' mean to the prodigy. :s
Uh. You act like I'm some sort of rabid fan defending him. I know the books are bad and that it could probably all fit into one book if he'd lay off the purple prose. I do, however, severely dislike misquotations and other general misconceptions about other people, and if I see somebody spreading something decidedly untrue (like your statement that he was bringing out a fourth book "to please his rabid fans"), I'll step in to correct it. It's not an attack on you or expecting you to care why there's going to be a fourth book; it's just correcting what you said because it was not true so that this misconception doesn't spread any further.
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What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?

Lowest is right now. It's been three months and seven days since my last chapter release, and my readers more or less hate me right now.

My highest was probably my last three chapters in my book. Two chapters of intense action, and then an emotional chapter that made one of my readers cry. Not that I intentionally try to get my readers to cry...but it was a response that would be normal given the subject material (character confronting his brother's death).
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What's your lowest moment as an author? Your highest?

Lowest is right now. It's been three months and seven days since my last chapter release, and my readers more or less hate me right now.
Don't worry, I don't hate you!

(Then again, I'm not one of your readers, either, but whatever.)
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