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Twilight was almost called Forks

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Because absolutely nothing evokes forbidden supernatural romance quite like a piece of basic dining cutlery. Meyer's initial draft was unironically titled 'Forks' after the aggressively cloudy Washington town where the story takes place. Her agent thankfully staged an intervention, realizing teenagers would not line up at midnight to buy team t-shirts based on a utensil.

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