What book do you wish you had written?

Question

For me, it would probably be Paul Coelho's "The Alchemist".

I thought it was a spectacular book that really makes you think and want to go after your dreams no matter what. I just like how effective it was in regards to the reader...

How about you?

Please don't say the BIble, Quran, or the Torah. Regardless of your religious affiliation, those books are meant to be respected considering they are not particularly the words of man but God.

Answer 1

I wish I had written (or recited?) The Odyssey, by Homer. I went through a period in life of wanting to read all the books I felt I "should" read before I died. I approached it with some trepidation, thinking it might be obscure, difficult... or worse, boring. Well, I started reading it and got swept up into its imaginative, magical world... with its gods and monsters, gardens and firelight, ships launching on the salt immortal sea, dawn arriving with fingertips of rose. Then there's the beautiful use of metaphor and Homer's insight into his characters... which hasn't tarnished over so many years. I remember thinking that the character of Telemakhos was kind of an early template for Hamlet... paralysed by doubt, over-thinking every situation. I guess the most rewarding thing about reading it was knowing that you were in effect time-travelling... revisiting the very roots of storytelling when stories were unwritten and still part of an oral tradition. I've subsequently read a few different translations. I thought the one by Robert Fitzgerald was particularly fine.

Answer 2

I'm actually working on the second novel of a three book series. I can tell you right now that writing isn't easy. It took NINE YEARS to finish the first one. Research, development, plot changes, character additions/subtractions, crashing computers w/no backup disc, lost/stolen/destroyed notebooks, and realizing that somewhere you messed up, and made something a little TOO conveniant and having to toss out almost everything that followed can throw a real monkey wrench in the writing process.

While it's a good question, I don't know if there's any ONE book I'd wish that I'd written. Nora Roberts, Christine Feehan, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Stephanie Laurens, and Isaac Assimov are just a few of the people I wish I could write like. I don't think I'm quite there yet, but that doesn't mean I won't stop trying.

Answer 3

I simply wish I could write! I love to read my husbands work. He's a Pastor. He is a phenominal writer. World class, No Joke! Getting him to publish is a different story! He has written things that would earn the respect of Shakespearre and the like. I just want to make a difference in this world. Keep reading and educating yourself. You can make a difference too! Many Blessings, Tina

Answer 4

'Dreampark' by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, because it would make a great movie with the special effects that are used in filmmaking today. If you haven't read it, try it and see if you agree. Although Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist was a great read too!

Answer 5

I wish I had the wit, intelligence and imagination to have written:

Lamb
The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore

If you haven't read it...what are you waiting for...go out and get it right now!!! Right now means now...stop reading this and go get it immediately. Okay fine...here's a synopsis...

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years -- except Biff, the Messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work.

See? Sounds cool doesn't it...well it's tremendous and it's one of the few books I've read more than once. NOW...go get it. :-)

Answer 6

I believe too much in God still I will not think ever in my dream to write my Religion Book.

I haven't read the book you mantioned " The Alchemist" so I dont know very much about it. But from your description i can tell you that it is how to follow your dream or something.

I dont believe in Fictions and Stories. I believe in Truth, its my personal interest.

I would Rather like to write "My Experiences with Truth" written by Gandhiji. It was a Biography of himself. He had the daring and the courage to describe every single occasion of his life as what happened?, what he did?, how he did? He has wrote every single word Truthfully.

I dont have that much daring and courage to write my own biography and expose myself against the society .So I would like to write my own biography if I can Represent it truthfully. Simply Truth nothing Else.

Answer 7

i desire i would have written whatever as well as HP or the Inkheart sequence. An creator's greatest dream is to have a bestseller, their subsequent dream is that its made right into a film. For a few this not ever occurs, however for a fortunate few their goals come precise. Sucks, do not it? one million out of a one hundred danger a booklet will emerge as a bestseller, one million in one million that it'll emerge as a film. *sigh* wager we would as good see what occurs. Who is aware of? One people maybe the fortunate few? :)

Answer 8

I would say either Coelho's Alchemist or Lord of the rings they're both awesome.

Answer 9

Pride and Prejudice.
The characters are so well defined, that is why that book has stood the test of time. I wish I had the talent that Jane Austin possessed, the ability to capture a moment...a lifetime...and the dynamics of a relationship so well.

Answer 10

I would have written all of the Robert Jordan Books. I love his style and when I'm done reading a book, I just don't want to stop. I want to write books just like that!