A Christmas Message from Stephenie
Posted by Twilight_News_Updates - 23/12/07 at 08:12 amStephenie posted a new blog message over at her MySpace page. She has finished the rough draft of Breaking Dawn! YEAH! AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!! This doesn’t mean that the book is finished, though. It means that the ROUGH draft is finished. For those of you that write fan fiction, it means that the beta readers haven’t even looked at it yet… and we’re not talking about ten pages of a fan fic! We’re talking about 775 pages of a novel that needs to be edited. So PLEASE don’t start pestering her about having the book come out early since it is "done." She reminded us that it took her about a year and a half to two years from rough draft of Twilight to getting the book on the store shelves. But she says not to panic! She and Little Brown will do everything they can to get the book out by the fall of 2008.
She also gives us some really great statistics to compare all the books. Twilight was 475 pages on the computer and 498 pages in book form. New Moon was 528 pages on the computer and 564 pages in book form. Eclispe was 611 pages on the computer and 629 in book form. And, as I already said, Breaking Dawn currently checks in at 775 pages on the computer!!! This is before editing, though, so that number will probably change. Still, she guestimates that the book will be around 800 pages. WOO HOO!!! WAY TO GO STEPHENIE!!!
If that’s not a great Christmas gift to us fans, I don’t know what is!
Alphie
(Many thanks to i_dream_of_edward for the heads up on this!)
i think i’m gonna pee myself of excitement……this is the best news.!!!! Madz I love it- Christmas? Pfft yeah whatever- Stephenie just finished the rough draft of breaking dawn…yesss
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all of you!!! All the best for you Steph.. In downunder, we’re lookin forward to hear when”Breakin dawn” release next year… Best wishes..
wow.. cant wait for it… im soo excited!!
omg!
my friends don’t get internet so i am punishing them by telling them that SM has special (and good) news about BD and because they won’t answer their phones, i’m not telling them about it until we come back from winter break!
lol!
I’m so excited!!! I can’t wait for the book to come out!!! I’m getting impatient! The best Christmas gift ever! haha
YAY!!! Way to go Stephenie! It must be so relieving to have a RD done and finished.
That is AWESOME: 800 pages!! well, it’s a maybe, but still… I am CRYING with JOY here!
That is really an accomplishment, even if it is only the rough draft– you put a lot of hard work into it, and we all appreciate it soooo much (and that is not exaggerated enough.
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This is the best Christmas gift I could EVER ask for!!! Really! I hope you have a great holiday season with your family and friends and also…. Happy early Birthday!! You ROCK!!
Overall- Great Job! Can’t wait for Breaking Dawn! whoohoo!!
WOW! 800 pages!!!!
Eclipse is around 600 and HP5 is at 760 pages. Well done Stephenie, that must have taken a lot of effort. Shame I’m getting the book later than everyone else on here!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
800 pages! Yes! i’m re-excited now. No Christmas gift can top this.
Hope everyone has a good holiday.
This is really making me reconsider my career choice. I should have been a book editor…
I agree with the previous comments – this makes it feel like it’s so close! I can’t wait to get it! I’m pretty new to the Twilight craze, so pardon my ignorant question: Will they do a midnight release like they did with the Harry Potter books? I hope so, because I can’t wait for stores to open mid-day to start reading!! *Gasp* The horror!
YAY!!! Breaking Dawn is on it’s way!!! *squeal*
Way to go Stephanie!!! Thanks for the best Christmas present EVER!!!! (All 800 or so pages of it!!!)
Have a great holiday everyone!!!
I have to agree with everyone here, this is the best persent. 800 pages. *sigh*
wonder if there’s going to be a midnight release party? i hope so, if not i’ll do what i did when Eclipse was released, wait till Borders opens and be the first person in the store.
Happy Holidays everyone!
*happy dance*
We will love every page of BD
Yay! Nice job, Stephenie Meyer!
I am sooooooooo happy!!! I seriously doubt that anything that I open tomorrow will top this!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much Stephenie! Merry Christmas to all!
Yay! Breaking Dawn’s rough draft is published.
Is Breaking Dawn going to be the last book?
Oh! I am very happy for the news about Breaking Dawn. And Merry Christmas for everybody too.
See you later in: STEPHENIE MEYER SPAIN!!!
Link in my nick
WOW! again, i think i am going to shock!
I really hope there are new characters in the book also some new twists, wow how many pages?,like i say the more the BETTER!
THANKS STEPHENIE! you just made my christmas even though my cousins did not
WOOOOOO!!!! this has made my day! Its raining in SE england at the moment
It woyuld be good if it DID come out early!
Merry Christmas from Spain to you!!!!
Holy shiz. This is one of the best christmas gifts ever. Way to go Stephenie. I am SO excited now, fall 2008 needs to come quickly, ever so quickly. 800 some pages? YES. The more pages, the better for all. Maybe it will actually take me longer than a day ot 2 to read this =)
Happy Holidays Stephenie!
Love,
Edwards-Obsessor
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!! I REMINDED PEOPLE AT BELLA AND EDWARD TOO. 2008 NEEDS TO COME QUICKLY!! ME AND MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO GO GET IT WHEN IT COMES OUT. CAN’T WAIT! *WANTS TO JUMP UP AND DOWN BUT CAN’T)
JOSEF : YOU NEVER WENT TO WEST FEL ( IF YOUR I THINK YOU ARE WHO I THINK YOU ARE THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHAT WEST FEL IS)
OMG!!!! Okay so I have figured it out, if BD comes out on approx. August 10, then we have to wait 228 days for it to come out
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”And the crowd goes wild”! Sure, what else could you expect from us?
God, BD is pretty much done!! The best present ever, for christmas and for everything!!! Thank you so much Stephenie, you take our favorite present to a whole new level!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Pinch Me IM DREAMING…….. i can’t wait till she finishes BREAKING DAWN…….. i’ve already reread the twighlight series 3 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omigosh yes!!!! Wooooooo! Us Aussies down under are soooo estatic! Go Steph! (Thank you so much for giving us Edward to moon over, no pun intended.)
OMG.
This is SO COOL!!
Untill christmas i never even heard of this series, i got the first book and once i started it, i seriously could not put it down, and i mean that in the most literal way possible. 12 hours later i finished the first book and went to a borders store to get the other two having finished them both within a couple of days, (unfortunetly i had to put these two down for work and my mother insisted that i come out of my room..) but once finished OMG i was really unsure if the 4th book was even in progress of making, unfortunetly im in the Navy and wont be home when the 4th book comes out (assuming that its going to be in the fall of 2008) but i am for sure going to keep up with this series it is amazing! but i hate that the books always end as such a good part… way to keep the readers on their toes Stephenie! i love it, but its a love hate relationship!
OH MY GOD.
OH MY GOD.
OH MY GOD.
OH MY GOD.
*SCREAMS SO LOUD EARTHQUAKE SOUNDS ERUPTS IN THE WHOLE WORLD*
AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!! OH SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL!!!!!!!!!!!YES!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO U KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ROCK STEPHENIE?!?!!?? AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES YES YES!!! OH YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
phew, you better get a hell of a rest stephenie (excuse me for my inappropriate language) writing all that 800 pages has got to have taken a toll on you.
you simply rock everyone’s world! >3
woowww….
i juss got done the 3rd book =]
and so…
i go on the computer and look up stuff…
and i see that she has a 4th one….
i run to my mom screaming that she has to get me the 4th one as soon as possible….
then i find out that its not coming out until fall =[
i was sooo sad…. but now… to find out that it is almost 800 pages..
i cant wait for it to come out!!!!!!!!!!
i honestly cant believe that i have connected so much with a series of books before but at the end of the 3rd one i found myself crying…because in some way i felt that jacob should have gotten the girl..but throughout everything i ALWAYS wanted edward and bella to be together! so hopefully in BREAKING DOWN… we finally get the satisfaction of reading how bella turns out as a vampire… i bet shes going to be beautiful!!
no offense but yall sound soooooooooo white
no offense but yall sound soooooooooo white
no offense but yall sound soooooooooo white
I hope somthing interesting happens to Jake