A closer look
Stephenie Meyer came up with the entire concept for the massive bestselling 'Twilight' franchise after having a highly vivid, romantic dream about a sparkly vampire in a meadow. Having absolutely no prior writing experience, the stay-at-home mom immediately woke up and furiously wrote down the nocturnal hallucination, which eventually morphed into a multi-billion dollar book and movie empire. She bypassed years of agonizing rejection and traditional creative writing struggles by simply taking a nap. Millions of professional authors spend their entire lives carefully studying narrative structure and character arcs, only to be financially obliterated by a woman who managed to monetise her own incredibly weird subconscious fantasies!
