Paperback writer

Lauren Tarshis wrote in the afterword that is was hard to write about 911 since it was so recent, but young readers really wanted to know what happened and specifically requested that she write about it. She confessed she had to give it a hopeful ending. I wont spoil the ending.

I think instead of endless netflix series about themselves, Harry and Meghan ought to write a chapter book series of paperbacks of adventures set in Africa.

It could be called The Sussexes African Adventures. It could be aimed at tweenagers.

Throw in some vampires, a bit of voodoo, some landmines and a white elephant and it will be a bestseller.

Gonna be a must-read for sure.

Nope, you didn't say it was an adventure story, I presumed that myself. Wikipedia describes the book series as "The books, fast-paced historical fiction for kids in grades 3–5, focus on historical disasters from the perspective of a boy or girl who lived to tell the tale."

When I read "lived to tell the tale" it sounds a bit like an adventure story. I mean, the film Titanic is described as an adventure story. Probably a blurry line between "adventure story" and (how did you describe it?) "its a tragedy or disaster that some survived". Not really an important point really.

Gone with the Wind is usually described as a "historical fiction novel". I never read the book, but saw the film. Life's an adventure in general. = )

what, Titanic film is an adventure story?
uh, who are the people writing those trailers. You are surely being mislead. Besides, the James Cameron Titanic story never happened. There was no Rose and Jack. It was pure fantasy. lol

So, you're saying Titanic, the film story, is not an adventure story? Really?

The definition of an adventure story is; (collinsdictionary.com) "If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events."

(study.com) "In an adventure story, someone leaves everything he or she knows, faces danger and excitement along the way, and with a little luck, gets to his or her final destination safely and with a story to tell."

And I looked up a few other definitions, they're all about the same.

In Titanic, Jack embarks on an exciting and dangerous journey to America. Jack is a hero, he's accused of doing something he didn't do, and is helped to escape and then he helps save Rose. And Rose is also making the journey, for her it's to be married to someone with money or to find love and freedom. Rose makes it to "tell the story", and Jack doesn't. It's a textbook adventure story. Not every adventure story ends with everyone alive.

The film industry might label it as a Drama and Romance, it's still clearly an adventure story.

Not sure why you're so surprised Titanic is an adventure story. But everyone is different, it makes things interesting. And I always enjoy your reviews here!

mm don't think so, but then I (and everyone else who is in the 21st century) already knew the ending to Titanic.
It wasn't meant to be that dangerous or exciting to begin with!

It's more historical fiction. But James Cameron's titanic wasn't even a novel. It was a screenplay. They just added dramatic licence to it. Lots of it wasn't even accurate. The eyewitness accounts of the tragedy in which over 15000 people DROWNED were actually more compelling than the Jack and Rose love/adventure story. I don't think it was adventurous. There was no quest part of it, the big diamond heart wasn't even really a big part of the plot.

Why do people keep thinking MOVIES are paperbacks? They aren't. Just because they are stories doesn't mean they have been actual paperbacks like novels. Don't they READ books?

A Night to Remember, that was based on Walter Lords book that WAS an eyewitness account, was a better movie about the Titanic. And it didn't have that soppy 'My heart will go ooooooon' song in it lol.

Just want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly; are you suggesting I think movies are paperbacks? Or that you know other people who think that?

I haven't seen A Night to Remember but it has very good reviews. I'll have to put it on my list.

well why are you mentioning it when this thread is called PAPERBACK writer. The Titanic movie was never a book.

Read the book first...but yea good movie. Doesnt have all the special effects and extra drama and nudity /sex scenes that the Titanic movie had. And THAT song.

It had Nearer my God to Thee which was the ACTUAL hymn the titanic musicians played when the ship sank.

I found out that the Titanic movie is going to play at the local cinema in 3D. what? So you can watch people drown in 3D just to make it even more realistic...?!

um...

My brother used to, probably still is, obssessed with the Titanic. Not the movie but everything about the ship.

He has a tonne of books about the RMS Titanic, and I could probably rattle off a list of all the historical inaccuracies in the Titanic movie. But it makes for an popular movie thats all.

I reckon a movie could be made about her sister ship the Olympic or the Britannic even, which also sank.

The best (true) story about the Titanic I read was told from a staff point of view who was on the Titanic but managed to get on the lifeboat when it sank, and she was also on the Britannic which sank as well. I mean what are the odds. White Star Line sure had something to answer for them being not proper health and safety regulations in those days.

tHink a horror book could be written called the Graveyard of sunken ships

The plot would be about this underwater detective invesitigating health and safety violations of marine vessels and ther would be some courtroom drama on who was responsible for the death and drownings of thousands of passengers.

They decide to dig up some of the graves of these ships as evidence but the ghosts of the drowned try to prevent this by haunting the landlubbers intent on stealing all their gold and jewellery

ALternatives endings to Titanic, directed by James Cameron

To thank Jack for taking her to the shindig below decks Rose invites him upstairs to watch a chamber music orchestra set and brings out her violin that shes been practising all the while. Then a ghostly voice starts singing 'My heart will go on' and Jack sees his 'French girl' mademoiselle Celine Dion.

He forgets all about Rose. Its only Celine he has eyes for.

Im coming with you to Quebec he says, rather impulsively.

Celine then starts singing The Rose. Its a Bette Midler song from decades into the future but it seems appropriate at that moment. Suddenly an iceberg appears out of nowhere.....

That ship has sailed, er...sunk.

In other news...the Titanic movie in 3D coming soon to a flooded IMAX theatre near me...

Actually Titanic movie was better than I expected.
James Cameron should write romance novels.

Forget action adventure. Romance is where its at, especially when just half of the couple dies. They dont die together.

I give my life to you...literally.

I wonder what happened to Jacks Italian friend Fabrice though.

I reckon he must have found Rose and married her in the end. Then they boarded the Olympic and sailed across the Atlantic again and lived in Italy. She pawned her diamond necklace and Fabrice played a winning poker hand got rich then became even more rich after a stint in Monte Carlo.

He then convinced luxury cruise liners to add casinos to all their ships.