Always give the time of day at the start of each entry, and every time you return to an entry later in the day.Ģ. How to write in the style of “Dr.” Sparks:ġ. The way her characters express these things is so unrealistic, ridiculous, over the top, identical. What I DO have an issue with is how Sparks injected this into each and every one of her books, making her characters clones of herself. I have NO problem with either a real-life or fictional teen being religious, frequently praying, having a close-knit relationship with her or his mother, trying to live a G-rated life, being conservative, etc. People who know what’s what also understand she was the true authors of all those books, and what she did to the poor Barrett family.

We now know Sparks lied about her training, education, credentials, experience, etc. But with the obvious exception of the 25 real entries from Alden Barrett in Jay’s Journal, they all read like the work of an over the hill, extremely conservative and religious person pretending to be a teen. Some of her books are marginally better than others. in her target audience, believe these are true stories, she was dangerous and unethical in addition to a fraud. But in the case of “Dr.” Sparks, this isn’t just about bad writing or books that aren’t my style at all. One person’s lousy writing is another’s treasure.

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t care if someone wrote books I didn’t click with. It’s been too long since I wrote a post ripping the late fraud “Dr.” Beatrice Sparks a new one.

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