How Stephenie Meyer May Have Influenced Publishing
The Stephenie Meyer Influence Aside from making dazzling vampires and supernatural creatures very lucrative for publishers, I have noticed two major differences in the books that I’ve been reading lately.
The First Person POV First, there has been a shift in the point of view of the characters. For decades, the use of the first person point of view or using “I” has been out of fashion, with the third person usage more acceptable, hence the proliferation of “he, she, they” in millions of fictional books. Twilight’s use of the voice of Bella Swan makes the reading experience more intimate, one that Robert Pattinson describes as “voyeuristic.”
The Emergence of the Female Character The enormous success of the Twilight series has shown businessmen that the numerous female markets and demographics are very profitable. In the past, the female character as the lead in a book is mainly limited to romances. Today, it’s a very common occurrence, with books such as The Hunger Games with Katniss Everdeen, Divergent with Beatrice Prior, Bumped with Melody and Harmony, and Wither with Rhine Ellery. And, they’re all in the first person point of view.
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June 3rd, 2011 at 10:31 am
I didn’t notice that other books begun to follow what stephenie meyer did with the twilight.