THE WOMEN OF DELIVER US FROM EVA ( 2003 ).

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Deliver Us From Eva (2003)

I just finished reading The Idea of You and I have some thoughts. So, I read it because I watched the trailer and I'm a fan of Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway. I didn't know anything about it before.

I liked the book, I read it within 24 hours. I think it's fun and emotional. But there are some aspects that didn't make sense/ that felt rushed and I wonder how they'll deal with them in the movie. For instance, I think it's pretty naive that Solene goes to public places with Hayes and no one cares. They don't really try to keep it a secret that hard, the whole band knows, the staff, her friends etc.

Also of Isabelle is such a hard core fan, she probably told Solene way more information about Hayes than she claims to know. There are some situations where it just seems weird that Solene wouldn't know these things about Hayes after idk how many months. Also Hayes remembers everything about her, she should pay more attention.

However, for Hayes not to know that "just ignore it" is not the same for Solene (or women in the entertainment industry in general) as for him seems pretty insensitive. Yes, he tries to quit the band for her. But he doesn't really get what this level of attention does to her and they make a lot of things up as they go. But the other band members had girlfriends etc., there should be a protocol. Solene should have gotten a bodyguard and cameras soon as they started officially dating.

So about the movie; first of all, amazing cast, I'm super exited! I've seen some posts that think Anne doesn't look 40 and Nicholas doesn't look 20 and I agree. From the trailer, the age difference doesn't seem that noticeable. But also in the book, something you feel like Hayes acts way older than 20 and Solene way younger than 40 so I think it depends on the acting and it could work.

Please feel free to comment or message me.

WATTPAD. DEL FANFICTION AL BEST-SELLER

Megan Montiel - 22/03/24

Wattpad es una plataforma online, o red social, de lectura y escritura. En la cual cualquier persona puede ser un escritor, en ella pueden publicar historias de cualquier género literario. Los usuarios pueden leer estas historias de forma gratuita y dejar comentarios para los escritores. Asimismo, la plataforma está construida para que la interacción entre los escritores y los lectores sea estrecha e instantánea.

En la actualidad Wattpad se ha convertido en la plataforma de lectura y escritura más controversial y viral. Cuenta con más de 90 millones de usuarios y más de 565 millones de historias. Wattpad a revolucionado el mundo de la literatura, cambiando la forma en la que se escriben y publican las historias; la manera en como funcionan las interacciones entre los lectores y los escritores; y, aun más trascendente, ha transformado el mercado editorial.

Todos hemos escuchado de historias como After de Anna Todd, o El stand de los besos de Beth Reekles, pero ¿Cómo lograron estas historias pasar del fanfiction a novelas Best-sellers? ¿E, incluso, a las adaptaciones cinematográficas?

La revolución de la literatura

En el 2006, Allen Lau e Ivan Yuen cofundaron Wattpad, con la misión de “compartir el mundo de la escritura a millones de personas” tal como lo dice Lau. El propósito de la plataforma era que cualquier persona tuviese la oportunidad de publicar y compartir sus historias, recibir feedback y conectar con otros escritores y lectores de forma online. Dejar atrás el papel y digitalizar la narrativa.

Título de nota del medio Publisher Weakly, traducción: PW Selección de Diciembre, 2012: Wattpad revoluciona la narración online. URL: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/55231-pw-select-december-2012-wattpad-revolutionizes-online-storytelling.html

La aplicación fue lanzada en el 2009 y en el 2011, Wattpad alcanzó más de 1 millón de usuarios, y la aplicación había sido descargada más de 5 millones de veces. Pero es en el 2013, en el séptimo aniversario de la plataforma, que los creadores decidieron agregar una sección llamada Stories en la cual los usuarios podrían publicar sus historias. Lo que comenzó como una aplicación para leer libros, se transformó en una aplicación para publicar historias de manera gratuita y sencilla.

Desde ese momento, la forma en que la comunidad de Wattpad interactuaba cambió, así como la forma en la que los jóvenes comenzó a escribir. Los usuarios comenzaron a escribir historias de todo tipo, desde historias originales hasta fanfics, pero aun más importante que eso, los usuarios eran capaces de generar una audiencia, o fandom.

Nota del medio El País. URL: https://elpais.com/cultura/2014/11/21/actualidad/1416575662_738367.html?event=go&event_log=go&prod=REGCRARTCULT&o=cerrcult

Es a partir de estos cambios, que el mundo de la editorial también evolucionó. Siendo After uno de los casos más famosos de libros que han salido de la plataforma y se han publicado en físico.

Wattpad y el fanfiction

Un fanfic se refiere a una “ficción de fans”, es decir, una ficción creada por y para fans, en la cual se toma como referencia un texto, audiovisual o celebridad como puntos de partida. La palabra fanfiction tiene origen desde 1930 y se utilizaba como designación para lo amateurs que publicaban ciencia ficción en un fanzine. Sin embargo, es en la década de los 70 que surgieron los primeros textos que pueden considerarse como verdaderos fanfics.

Libro publicado por WattpadFanFictionES. URL: https://www.wattpad.com/story/121061008-cómo-escribir-fanfics

El fanfiction formó gran parte del éxito de Wattpad. De hecho, en los primeros años de la plataforma, el fanfiction era lo más popular dentro de la aplicación, Los principales usuarios de la plataforma eran, y son, adolescentes o jóvenes adultos que al formar parte de un fandom escribían y leían fanfics dentro de la aplicación.

Fotografía de Anna Todd. De su Instagram @annatodd

Uno de los temas más ocurrentes dentro del fanfiction, durante el 2013, era el de One Direction y Crepúsculo. Es Harry Styles uno de los personajes más populares dentro de este creciente género literario, protagonizando historias como After y The Idea of You de Robinne Lee.  De estas dos novelas, la primera aun se encuentra en la plataforma de Wattpad.

La caza de las editoriales

Fue en Abril del 2013, año en el cual Wattpad lanza la sección de Stories, que Anna Todd publica el primer capítulo de su novela debut After, un fanfiction inspirada en Harry Styles y One Direction. “Al día siguiente subí el segundo capítulo; y cuando me hice con la herramienta, empecé a subir casi un capítulo diario” menciona Anna. Uno meses más tarde Anna consiguió un millón de lectores, y un año después firma un contrato con Gallery Books para publicar el libro en físico. Poco tiempo después, se realizó su adaptación cinematográfica por Paramount Pictures.

Fotografía del libro After de Anna Todd, de la editorial Planeta.

A pesar de la creciente fama del libro y de su contrato con la editorial, Todd mantuvo el libro publicado en la plataforma de Wattpad, donde aun se puede leer de manera gratuita. Sin embargo, esto no fue un obstáculo para su venta física.

Entrevista a Anna Todd sobre su experiencia con After y su creciente fama.

Otra novela que tuvo un tratamiento similar fue The Kissing Booth, o El stand de los besos, de Beth Reekles, publicada cuando la autora apenas tenía 15 años. "I was approached directly by an editor at Random House (now Penguin Random House) through a private message on Wattpad" dijo la autora (trad. Un editor de Random House (“ahora Penguin Random House) se acercó a mí directamente a través de un mensaje privado en Wattpad.”) .

Portada del libro The Kissing Booth de Beth Reekles.

En la actualidad, las editoriales buscan dentro de Wattpad historias que tengan el potencial de ser publicadas. Tales como Montena, sello juvenil de Penguin Random House, es la editorial oficial de los libros de Wattpad en español, que en el 2020 llego a un acuerdo con la plataforma para publicar varios de los libros digitales. La editorial afirma que en el 2022 uno de cada cinco novelas juveniles publicadas, provenían de Wattpad.

Conferencia con autores de Wattpad.

Existen muchos estigmas y prejuicios acerca de los libros que provienen de Wattpad, así como de los autores que publican en la plataforma y los lectores que leen su contenido. Pero es imposible negar la gran comunidad y apoyo que los libros reciben de esta. Wattpad ha cambiado la forma en la que se escriben las historias y el como se puede llegar a publicar un libro, de igual manera ha transformado la manera en la que los lectores interactúan con los escritores. Es, sin lugar a duda, una plataforma que fue construida y es mantenida por gran comunidad.

Book Review: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

I am so torn about this one! On the one hand, I appreciated how this book foisted cultural preconceptions about age gap romances on me and forced me to confront what society thinks about them and why - as in, why it is "okay" for an older man to be with a much younger woman, but "gross" for an older woman to be with a much younger man. (Hint: It's called double standards, which is why in this house we say FUCK THE PATRIARCHY.). BUT, that said, I still found myself struggling to suspend belief enough to buy into Hayes and Solene's love affair.

Perhaps it's because I, in my mid-thirties, cannot imagine myself dating, let alone viewing, a twenty-year-old man as anything but a young boy with the emotional maturity/intelligence of a thumbtack (which is probably part of the problem here...but I'm swear I'm tryin' to open my mind! 😅), but also because the experience gap between them was so large - with her being a gallery owner and mum to a middle schooler, and with him being a jet-setting, model-faced, boy band celebrity with few real adult responsibilities - that I couldn't quite wrap my head around how a relationship between them would work. In any capacity. I mean, they had nothing in common whatsoever? They shared little ground besides that of mutual attraction. And later, an acquired (for Hayes) interest in art. Moreover, most of their relationship existed inside of a bubble with them hidden away in hotel suites or traveling on tour. And while that would have been fine if all that was being sold to me was an extended fling or a brief lust-filled affair, I couldn't believe there was enough substance for them to blossom a deep and abiding love for one another. I just couldn't. Much as I tried.

I also couldn't help but scrunch up my nose at how Solene handled the situation with her daughter, Isabelle, sometimes. She was not good at talking to her about what was happening or how Hayes being in the picture was affecting their lives, especially given the whole camera-hounding, tween-bullying insanity later on.

Like, get your child some therapy, Solene! She needs it, okay? You can't pretend your choice of lover doesn't affect your child or won't cause her feelings, especially not after she's already been through her parent's divorce. That's insane! So be a mom and help her find a healthy way to process her emotions. (Am I judging her a little? Yeah. You're damn right, I am.)

Look, I know Solene's decision to date Hayes is supposed to be seen as bold and empowering, with her putting her own wants and needs as a person first, which I applaud, I really do, but she also had me thinking her naive and inconsiderate in many ways, too. She was a mixed bag character because of that. Not good, not bad, but interesting, for sure!

3/5 stars

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The queen looking regal at the Seventh Annual Festival International du Film de Comédie de Liège

Allright who is or has read this? Ugh I want to love it. I am a female pushing 40 you would think this would be my jam. Unfortunately its completely unrelatable in that I am not a super successful and super rich hot girl. I feel like someone should rewrite this with a heroine more relatable. Those of us who have to budget and shop at Walmart! I'm halfway through since I have 0 free time but a page here and there! Thoughts?

Book to screen adaptations, starring...

Anne Hathaway is getting sold to One Direction?!?

The Idea of Being Solène

Daily writing promptIf you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?View all responses Got a chance to have a few days off from work during the tranquil days of Holy Week and while lazily taking advantage of the 3-day work break blended by a weekend, I happen to stumble upon the link to the trailer of the movie which stars my forever favorite Holllywood Actress, Anne…

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Bad movie I have National Security 2003

If I get hurt, I get hurt. It happens, right? Someone always gets hurt. But I don’t want to miss out on us because I was afraid.

'It's not like we could leave. You're like... Rapunzel up here. Locked away in your castle.. with all your hair... Hayes Campbell, the new-millennium Rapunzel.'  'Rapunzel of the Four Seasons,' he said. We laughed.  For a moment, he held my gaze and I felt that distinct rush. The realization that this attraction had ceased to be just physical. That somewhere I had crossed over. That I liked him.  'When I was ten, I came here for the first time with my parents. We stayed in a hotel in Times Square and we visited the Statue of Liberty and did all these touristy things. We went to see Ground Zero and they were just starting to build again.'  I realized that this, what he was talking about, was only ten years ago. That I was living in Los Angeles by then, still somewhat happily married, and with a two-year-old. Our references were so far off. When the towers came down, Hayes would have been in the equivalent of the third grade. 'There was this one afternoon,' he continued, 'that we spent up in Central Park. Just walking around. And there was so much going on. These huge Latin families picnicking and playing music. People roller-skating. Blokes playing football.. soccer. It was so alive and full of energy and happy. And I remember feeling it was wicked that for one afternoon I was part of that. I was talking to Rory this morning, and I was telling him how brilliant it was to lose a day walking in Central Park because he's never been. He'd never been here before the group. But then I realized, we can't do that. I can't do that anymore. He may never have the opportunity to do that. Which is weird, yeah? It's a trade-off...' He was quiet for a moment, looking out toward the greenery. His stunning profile. His beautiful bones.  He turned in my direction suddenly, pressing his back up against the railing. 'I'm rambling, aren't I? Sorry. I just get going sometimes and ---'  Hayes's lips were still moving when I kissed them. This warm, wide, inviting pool that beckoned. I could not resist the bait. His youth, his beauty. And everything, everything about the moment, was wonderful.  'Oh-kay,' he said when he finally allowed me to pull away. 'I didn't see that coming.'  'Sorry. I just.. your mouth.'  'Really?' He smiled 'It wasn't the hair?' I began to laugh. His large hands circled my waist, drawing me into him. 'It wasn't my waxing nostalgic about my childhood holidays? Because this one time we were in Majorca..'  'Shut up, Hayes.'  'You know this means I win, right? Because I held out longer.'  'I didn't know it was a competition.'  He shrugged. 'I didn't know it wasn't.'  'That's because you're twenty.'  'Yes, well... you seem to like that.' He stopped talking and leaned in to kiss me again.

The Idea of You, Robinne Lee

Robinne Lee as Bethany in Deliver Us From Eva (2003)