Chapters of Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
August 15, 2008 by Tracy
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Here is the link from Stephenie Meyers website to her partially completed draft of Midnight Sun. What did you think of it? Let her know in the comments.
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR STEPHENIE MEYER HERE!! IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR STEPHENIE, I KNOW HER PUBLICIST AT LITTLE BROWN BOOKS AND WILL SEND HER THIS LINK. LET HER KNOW YOUR SUPPORT OVER MIDNIGHT SUN AND MAYBE WE CAN CONVINCE HER TO CONTINUE ON WITH IT. SPREAD THE WORD ON ALL THE TWILIGHT FORUMS TO COME HERE AND LEAVE A MESSAGE, THE MORE MESSAGES THE BETTER AND I WILL SEND HER THE LINK .
Did you know you could already read the first chapter of Stephenie Meyer’s new book Midnight Sun about Edward? Are you as excited to read it after reading Breaking Dawn? I am excited to read a book from his point of view and I hope it will be as good as Twilight. Here is what Stephenie has to say about it from her blog: I also posted the link to the first chapter below:
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_chapter1.pdf
Midnight Sun is an exercise in character development that got wildly out of hand (as do many of my projects).
While I was procrastinating some real editing work (I’m always at my most creative when procrastinating), I started to wonder how the first chapter of Twilight would read if it were written from Edward’s perspective. There is so much more to his side of the story than there is to Bella’s in that first chapter. After all, Bella only knows that an incredibly gorgeous boy is looking at her funny. Meanwhile, Edward is suffering through one of the most momentous days of his very long life! First there’s the shock and frustration of not being able to hear Bella’s thoughts, then the wild, monstrous reaction to her scent, followed by the incredible expenditure of self-control that it takes to not kill her… His side of Bella’s first day at Forks High School is a hundred times more exciting than her own.
Though I didn’t have time to work on it right away, the idea of letting Edward have his chance to speak stuck with me. I couldn’t shake it. I found myself thinking his words in the middle of the night and jotting down phrases he would use while I was waiting in line at the post office. As soon as I finished my real work, I sat down and let Edward get his say.
Writing chapter one, “First Sight,” from Edward’s point of view was an exciting experience; I actually had my pulse racing as I typed. When I finished, I was truly pleased with my creation. Here was the other side of the story that no one knew. Here was the truth of what Edward had been through. I felt like I knew my Edward even better, and I was sure his dialogue would be more insightful in future novels. The end. Exercise over.
Ha ha. It wasn’t long before I was thinking about Edward in Alaska, Edward upon his return to Forks, Edward’s side of that fateful conversation in Biology… Chapter two started to write itself in my head, while I kept telling myself that I didn’t have time to write a book for fun when I had real books to write. (My mother seconded that opinion—she thinks I work too hard).
But when a story demands to be written, there’s no way to resist. And the more I wrote, the more I became convinced that Edward deserved to have his story told. At first I was planning to post it all here on my website, but I changed my mind for two reasons, the most important being that Edward’s version is much longer than Bella’s—Edward over-thinks everything. I’m not even half way done, and the page count is near three hundred. The second reason that I changed my mind is a little bit silly—I just would really love to have a pretty, matching, bound version of Midnight Sun to put beside Twilight on top of my desk. So I’m going to try to have it published as a complementary novel to Twilight. It will take a while, because I can only work on it between editing stints, but I hope that someday I’ll be able to see Midnight Sun on the bookstore shelves next to Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and etc… (Fueling my belief that Midnight Sun is worthy of publishing is my mother’s about face—after reading the first eleven chapters, she thinks it’s magic and says I should go for it.)
And here I was going to write just a short paragraph of introduction. You see what I mean about things getting out of hand?
Because I just can’t wait out the years it will take to reach publication for people to begin to understand Edward, here is my original character development exercise, Edward’s version of Bella’s first day at Forks High School, the first chapter of Midnight Sun*:
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I am only 11 and my life changed because of you.I love you and your books. Your books are all well written and have gave you many fans. I am one for so many reasons,but the biggest one is how u helped me. You have helped me in school. I read all the twilight books and i got an f to a, just by reading those four books. You have also have let me reach my 1 million word goal. You have helped me in life and in incouragement. I have been writing and reading book for the past three months just because of your books. I have not been stressed for a long while just by reading your books.
-Thank you and god bless you and your family and friends
I’m only ten and I can say the same.
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Dear Stephenie Meyer…
Dear Stephenie Meyer…
Every girl’s dream is to want what Bella gets in your books. These books are “my type of Heroin” 
How can you ever think of such influencing books? Each girl who has read anyone of your books will make them want their own Edward..
what got you thinking of these main characters? Especially the concept of Vampires? I mean the whole idea of combining romance+suspence+mythology, was absolutely surreal… And your vocabulary totally amazes me. The way you portray each and every character’s feelings makes me speechless… Infact, words couldnt describe how Im feeling right now.
Thank you so much for finally giving me my number one FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIMES!!!
But no offence, I think these master peices of yours are a bit criminal…. because it pusshes me into obsession!! Every corner I turn, I expect to see Edward!!! Its madening!!
haha….
And can you imagine that Im only twelve and am saying all of this to you?? haha…
Thank you very much.
Dear Stephenie Meyer…
I know beint interrupted while writing something important to you made you very upset. and i hope whoever linked your things get the punishment their worth.. but dont let anyone stop how you feel and what you feel should be out for others to read.. THese books changed the way people feel and think about themselves and others.. Iam also sure at times you help people at a crisis..because thats what the book did for me. i fet as if i was lost didnt know my way as if i was going go have a nervous break down but i saw the movies then start reading the books and it keep my mind cleared lost in another world111 and by me thinking so much it keep my mind occurppied with what i want to be my life kind of lol…. Please finish the book and dont let anyone stop you from making ur fans happy!!!!!
dear stephanie meyer,
i had read all you
Ok just wanted to say love the Twilight series read all 4 books in one week! I am madly in love with robert pattinson and so made the movies and books more interesting.I am indeed only 13 years old but your books are truly amazing and cannot wait for you too make more stories hopefully just as good as Twilight.I was thinking and well of course hoping you would make one more addition to your saga of Jacob Black and Renesmee Carlie Cullen.Well I wish you the best of luck to you and your family and needless to say keep up the good luck and I love you Stephenie!
Sincerely;
Ashley
I agree with Darsh everyone loves and envies Robert Pattinson any girl would indeed want what Bella gets.I would literally let him kill me if I got to meet him even one.The truth is out now.Anyways keep up the good work best of luck to you and your family
sincerely;
Ashley
Your books omg I can not even say it im obsessed with Edward and cant wait to see Remember Me but I love your series and you should keep them going only 4 books? So not fair .!!I crave Robert Pattinson you need at least 6 hahahah im only 13 but he makes me drool lol not even kidding would die for HIM!!!Didnt know he existed until your series so thank you for that Stephenie best of luck you Twilight fan Ashley.
Dear Stephenie Meyers,
Your books are amazing i love how you gave detail and identify all of the characters. Im not a big fan of reading and to be honest I wasn’t going to read your books looking out how huge they were.But when i read it, i couldn’t get my face out the book. Every chanced I got I would read your books over and over. Every time I read Twilight i replay what happens in my head and its outrageous. There are no words explaining how obsessed I am with your books! You have inspired me to write my own! My mother thought i was crazy for reading yours books over and over but everytime I read them, I starts to fascinate me more.How you describe Edward and Jacob amazes me. The actors that play as them are incredibly gorgeous!But I just would like to thank you for being my most BEST AUTHOR and for making read and for inspiring me to write a book as well!;)Oh and by the way, PLease OH PLEASE finish Midnight Sun!
hello i would love to know when will midnight be out and i also would like to know when will eclipse be on dvd,you and every one is doing a good job,but i would have like’t to see all the twilight movies be more like the books,