It’s amazing how people try
to rationalize other’s success. What we need to remember, is God has a blessing
for each one of us that is designed for us and cannot be duplicated by another.
If we cannot be happy for others we might just miss our blessing. With the
success of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, one question keeps popping up all
over the internet; how and why
are these books are so popular? I have read countless opinions,
some which attempt to belittle author E.L. James’ work by saying that other
authors did it first, write better, or have hotter steamer books.
So what! So what if another
author created the genre or has had a mountain of successful at writing
erotica? So what if BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance, and submission)
existed in books long before this book. At the end of the day, does it really
matter? No it does, because when it comes to writing there are very few topics,
subjects or styles that are new. It is the way the individual author creates
and tells the story that draws readers in. Besides, most of the arguments I’ve
read have been in comparison to erotica authors or sex scenes in general. In my
opinion general erotica and romantic erotica or a romance novel cannot be
compared anyway, because the romance reader demands a story that focuses on two
main characters forming a loving relationship with a happy ending. The reader
has to fall in love with the characters for the book to be successful. In
erotica the storyline can be about anything as long as the characters have
really HOT sex.
It is well known that the
initial popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey is due to its origin as Twilight Fan
Fiction. An audience already existed for these stories. A plagiarism checker
compared both books and found them 89% similar. Despite this Stephanie Meyer
the author of the Twilight Series tells MTV, "I haven't read it. I mean,
that's really not my genre, not my thing. I've heard about it. I haven't really
gotten into it that much. Good on her … she's doing well. That's great!"
Now if she can have that attitude why can’t everyone else.
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