As fanaticism for the Twilight series explodes, teen writers clamor to write the next best-seller. Peruse any Twilight forum and you'll find a plethora of fan-fiction and vampire-related novels citing Twilight as the deity of good writing.

If you're looking for publication, though, please look further than Twilight for examples of good writing. It might be full of steamy vampire romance, but it's also packed with overused adjectives and cliches.

Stephenie Meyer's abuse of the basic adjective is consistent throughout the book. They yank the reader away from the story, one of the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing.

Not only does Ms. Meyer use red as tomatoes, rock hard, ice cold and coal black in her list of "Gee, I couldn't think of what to write, so I typed cliches into Google" but she also overuses Bella's status as damsel-in-distress. True love always seems to prevail and -- my favorite -- no matter how many times average Bella is told she's beautiful, she insists she's ugly.

Ms. Meyer also has her characters hiss, growl and laugh a sentence. It's a story with vampires and werewolves, but those attributions are simply melodramatic. Try hissing, growling or laughing your words. You cannot do it.

Although Ms. Meyer's work is a terrible example of writing, the books have become best-sellers by twisting familiar vampire lore and getting more teens to read.

If you take one inspiration from Ms. Meyer's writing, it should be this: Write what you want to write. As you do, I recommend searching for writing books, such as Stephen King's On Writing .

I am not an editor, nor do I claim to be one, but these are basic writing rules that all aspiring authors need to follow. Although Ms. Meyer's books are not the only ones that break these rules, it does not mean you are allowed to break them.

Remember, she is a best-selling author, and she'll sell, no matter how poor her writing is. Best-sellers do not essentially mean good writing -- just good concepts.

Amber Forbes is a senior at Harlem High School.