A book does need to stand on its' own merits though, regardless of the author.
What you should keep in mind,, though, is that characters aren't static, and you can describe their actions as you write. Just little actions-...
I figured I'd just pop my head in here to reply for a second. There are no universally accepted standards for what a publisher will and will...
> I think my dislike of prologues is mostly because I can't immediately think of a prologue used in something I've read which was appropriate. In...
> I forget which animal/insect is where. But in general it seems Eragon had this thing were all life, even ants, were somehow very precious. But...
> Thanks for reminding me where that incident occured with Eragon killing that conscripted soldier. I for the life of me couldnt remember when...
Luckily, I have the book at hand. So, let's provide a few quotes, shall we? > "Lie?" roared Eragon. "I do not lie!" Thrusting out with his...
A lot of the book really requires you to not think about it all to enjoy it. For example, Eragon's killing of that conscripted soldier- so long as...
> See, I dislike the way character is used here. It is made to sound like character is a straight-jacket of emotions and actions, and it's not....
While you can claim that the Hero's Journey is a classic archetype and Eragon just follows it, well... Just take a look at this article:...
Even Roran's story wasn't free of it. Take the whole fifty lashes thing- fifty lashes could kill a person. Roran should rightfully have been dead....
> I've not read Eragon, but looking at it now in the "look inside" feature of Amazon, I can see this 15 year old still had a talent for writing....
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