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The things I hate in books as a list. Feel free to add your own. some of these are true for movies.
1. Random capitilization- hate hate hate hate. Okay so the Chosen One must Use his Gift to Bestow peace upon the Realm. I Hate that!!!!!
2. Fake words out of nowhere- Umm first you are talking normal and then you are taking wierd...
3. When the author gets too distracted by the word he/she is making that they forget the plot.- *coughHobbitcough*
4. Sparkly vampires- this needs no explanation.
5. There always has to be a crush- why do the charectors fall in lve with each other? Why? They don't HAVE to fall in love but they do just for the fun of it!!!
6. Dumbing down-kids are people too
7. All adults are evi evil people, except the fat ones that smile
8. When the book could be shorter, but isn't- Like all those extra pages when the plot only spreads two.
9. Adjectives- Sometimes the slightly deranged authors happily enjoy carelessly injecting unsightly adjectives because they simpelmindedly think that this, horrible, dastardly thing, could make them look more proffessoinal, smart ect.
10. Same goes for description.
Thats all for now, folks!
submitted by Adina , age 12, Mostly in fanta
(August 27, 2009 - 12:18 pm)
(August 27, 2009 - 12:18 pm)
About nine and ten- I think Adina means purple prose, Dawnpaw. :P
(September 4, 2009 - 10:50 am)
1. Random capitilization- hate hate hate hate. Okay so the Chosen One must Use his Gift to Bestow peace upon the Realm. I Hate that!!!!!
Chosen One I can understand, I suppose. But other than that I agree. Although I do have a tendency to capitalize categories of magic (Dark magic, Black magic, etc.)
2. Fake words out of nowhere- Umm first you are talking normal and then you are taking wierd...
Made up language can be fun, but only if it's handled properly. If it's just sprung on the reader it's superbly annoying.
3. When the author gets too distracted by the word he/she is making that they forget the plot.- *coughHobbitcough*
Tolkein didn't forget his plots. He just spread them out into an epic.
4. Sparkly vampires- this needs no explanation.
FEAR TEH SPARKLES! FEAR THEM I SAY! *windchimes*
5. There always has to be a crush- why do the charectors fall in lve with each other? Why? They don't HAVE to fall in love but they do just for the fun of it!!!
Like, f'rinstance, I just got done watching GI Joe, and Anna (anna anna anna) I want her SO BADLY to be the one in control of everything, manipulating Scottish Guy and Creepy Megalomaniac (I don't know their names...) to do her evil bidding and PRETEND to be the evil megalomaniacs so she can quietly control the world from the shadows. Also, she needs to go stabby on Duke. Duke was annoying.
6. Dumbing down-kids are people too
*gasp* novel as it sounds, kids actually know stuff! *gasp* omigosh I had no idea...
7. All adults are evi evil people, except the fat ones that smile
The fat ones that smile are the ones who creep me out the most. I blame Disney's (Pat Carroll's) Ursula for this. She FREAKED me out as a six-year-old with a TV and a broken leg.
8. When the book could be shorter, but isn't- Like all those extra pages when the plot only spreads two.
Now, who does that sound like, smeyer?
9. Adjectives- Sometimes the slightly deranged authors happily enjoy carelessly injecting unsightly adjectives because they simpelmindedly think that this, horrible, dastardly thing, could make them look more proffessoinal, smart ect.
In other words, teh unspeakable is done to the poor, defenseless thesaurus. *glares pointedly at smeyer*
10. Same goes for description.
Descriptive without being flowery- it's a surprisingly difficult balance to achieve.
(September 5, 2009 - 1:11 am)
One thing I don't get in books is physical description that make no sense in real life. The one that really irks me is, "She (or he) scratched her (or his) head in confusion." When, I ask, have you ever scratched your head when you're confused? Or seen anyone else scratch their head when they're confused? Yet authors say it all the time. There's also the blushing. I have never seen anyone blush in my life (I'm not saying it's not true, I'm just saying that I've never known anyone who blushes), but in books, every single character - "He flushed with embarrasment."
I've been known to blush.
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(September 5, 2009 - 3:33 pm)
About blushing, yeah, but I dunno if it's *noticeable* or only you can feel it. *shrug*
If we're going to talk abour stupid book quotes, my all-time favourite death scene?
"___ plunged the dagger into ____'s heart so that he died."
No, really. Brilliant isn't it? And that was *Jonathan Stroud*. I'm so mad at him, Heroes of the Valley was /nothing/ compared to the Bartimaeus trilogy. Nothing! And Halli was so whiny, and-
Sorry.
(September 5, 2009 - 7:02 pm)
Re: scratching heads: I occasionally scratch/rub the back of my neck when I'm talking directly to somebody, but never in confusion and also not for the stereotypical reason of awkwardness or embarrassment. It's just something I do when I'm talking to people because it makes eye contact easier for me. If I don't do it I usually end up staring at their shoulder, which tends to creep people out a little.
When I'm confused or stressed I have a tendency to pinch and/or yank on my earlobes, which is about as close to scratching a head as I've ever seen anyone get.
Re: blushing: Very, very occasionally I will blush. I can certainly feel it (it feels like a very bad sunburn all over my face and neck), and people tell me I turn bright red. It's only ever happened once or twice, however.
Re: stupid death scenes: Well, it's not the wording exactly but I *hated* the way Snape died in DH. The memory sequence afterwards was excellent, but I wanted to see him duel Voldy, not get his throat sliced by a snake.
(September 6, 2009 - 11:44 pm)
I often scratch my head when I'm confused, but never blush.
Why do people almost never die of old age in books? And why is nearly everything based on the Middle Ages?
(September 12, 2009 - 7:40 pm)
If people die of old age in books, that would be boring, like you can't have someone without a dysfunctional family or a psychotherapist that is not insane. It's just not done. And I admit of writing not one, but two stories that take place during the middle ages. Its really fun!
(September 16, 2009 - 2:11 pm)
This is a good thread. Don't die! *CPR*
(September 20, 2009 - 12:03 pm)
agrees
(December 16, 2009 - 10:16 pm)