Talk:Quil Ateara V/@comment-66.138.59.115-20130402202235/@comment-60.242.219.179-20130405181350

I think that's one of Meyer's biggest flaws as a writer: she seems to have a real problem with creating and maintaining tension or conflict. Conflict is essential for building dramatic tension and makes the payoff all the sweeter for the characters and the reader; good things come to those who wait, you appreciate something more when you work for it, you know what I'm getting at.

The whole "Edward wants Bella to stay human, Bella wants to be a vampire" element is supposed to be one of the major conflicts of interest in their relationship, so to see it unceremoniously swept under the rug like it was in Breaking Dawn smacks of a big time cop out. Same with Bella's apprehension towards getting married, another conflict of interest between the two; brought up as she's walking the aisle, then promptly discarded and forgotten. Most writers come up with a plot outline beforehand to prevent that sort of thing.

Moving on, I also think Meyer should have gone with a third-person perspective for her writing; there's more to writing first-person POVs than just changing the pronouns around, something Meyer struggles to grasp.