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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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I tried writing a novel when I was fifteen, too; but the difference between me and Paolini is I had the decency to chuck it when I realized how terrible it was. I鈥檓 not going to list a host of authours he 鈥榖orrowed鈥� from 鈥� many people just have different opinions where exactly he borrowed from so I don鈥檛 want to get into it. It鈥檚 just鈥� I think he had potential; descriptively, there were some parts of Eragon that were very well-written. But for the rest, he tried too hard and he tried too early. He should have waited until he developed his own writing voice, instead of rushing into publishing his first work. Now鈥� all that potential just went down the toilet because I listen to and I read his interviews and his arrogance is sickening. He鈥檚 not going to get any better because he doesn鈥檛 think there鈥檚 room for improvement, and why should he? He hasn鈥檛 even finished his trilogy when it was made into a movie and to top it off he didn鈥檛 go to his publisher, his publisher went to him. How many starving authours out there dream of being found, of not having to submit to one publisher after another, and of not having to read their rejection letters? I do respect him for buckling down and finishing his story 鈥� from writing to revising to editing 鈥� because I know from first-hand experience how hard it is鈥� but鈥� this shouldn鈥檛 have been published. It just shouldn鈥檛 have been.
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鈥淒ear authors, never give up on a story you want to tell. You may not know how to tell it just yet, but never believe you don鈥檛 know how to tell it, period. Keep going!鈥� 鈥斺€� A. C. Gaughen