The "All My Children" character, Kendall Hart, is played by the actress Alicia Minshew, wrote a fictional book called "Charm". This book was on the ABC soap opera for quite some time.
ABC decides to put this book out there in public bookstores for the real people. However, the true author of the book is not mentioned, the character Hart has her name on the cover as the writer. “Charm” was published by Hyperion, which like its sister company that owns “All My Children,” Disney-ABC Television Group, is a Disney property. It has sold more than 100,000 copies and made its debut in February at No. 13 on the New York Times best-seller list. THe book will be on sale in Sears stores nationwide beginning April 14.
According to Sara Nelson, the editor in chief of Publishers Weekly, “Since there seems to be a blurring of lines between fiction and reality on TV, in books, in politics even, it stands to reason that a fictional character could write a book that actually gets published. It strikes me as one of those ideas that’s so bad it’s good.”
I believe that this type of writing is a way to draw people to watch soap operas. Whether it is from a fictious character or not, the book reflects on the stories of the show.
My question to you is do you think this kind of writing is right or wrong for the public? I say, it's right as long as people know the difference between fiction and reality.
2 comments:
Mary-
Interesting piece on the soap operas. Me personally I do not watch them or the type of books like "Charm". I believe there is nothing wrong with this kind of writing in today's society. It is only helping the tv shows out which is good for business. I understand where some can disagree however, for me, it works.
Gordon Brigance
I agree with you. I do not feel that this kind of writing is necessarily wrong but people do need to realize the difference between the reality and fictional sides. And sometimes the public doesn't do that.
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