Two things  from Melissa Rosenburg on Breaking Dawn.  An interview and an interesting facebook comment.  Also she comments on the 3 directors so far.

Here is what she said on her facebook:

Here is a portion of the interview with Laremy Legel from Film.com

LL: Do you approach each project, as a writer, with the core audience in mind? In other words, do you think, “Well, this is for a teen, and this is for an adult, so I’ve got to handle it this way?”

MR: No, I really don’t. It really isn’t about age. It’s really about writing character and emotion, and the emotional journey. If you start writing to an audience you’re talking down to them. I’ve never written for any age group, I just write character. If you can capture that you’ll get the audiences, and it will be a wide range, as it is for Twilight, it’s a pretty wide range. That stems from Stephenie [Meyer] — I’m adapting her stories, I didn’t invent any of this, but my job is to adapt it and keep the story as universal it was in the novels.

LL: Can you give me one sentence on each director you’ve worked with, what their main strength is, for The Twilight Saga?

MR: Catherine Hardwicke, she brought a very intimate feel. She had a very indie sensibility, she brought those characters to the screen in a very intimate way.

Chris Weitz did sweeping drama. Beautiful visually, and very classic epic storytelling.

David Slade, so far (the process isn’t done yet), brings a level of pacing and intensity.

LL:How much input do you get on the next director? Do they ask you about certain names? Or do they come to you with who you’re working with?

MR: It’s definitely not up to me. I’ve seen lists and weighed in, and they always welcome input, which is lovely, but ultimately it’s their decision and they’ll do what they do and I’ll work with whomever they choose. I had no knowledge of the first three directors and it worked. Generally speaking they [the list] are people I haven’t worked with before.

LL: If an adaptation felt to you like an R rating, but the studio wanted you to bring it in at a PG-13, would that be doable?

MR: Oh yeah. It’s completely doable. You don’t sacrifice story by cutting language. Nor do you sacrifice story by showing less blood or gore, or whatever it is that’s bringing you to an R rating. It doesn’t hurt it. When Dexter was aired on CBS they had to re-cut some of it for network television and all they had to do was cut some language. There’s more blood and gore in an episode of C.S.I., though of course Dexter is more disturbing. Not because of what you see, but because of what’s implied. I don’t think you take away from suspense or character by altering a few things like that.

LL: Having read Breaking Dawn, where things get ratcheted up a notch, do you still go for that PG-13 rating?

MR: Oh yeah, absolutely. That’s your audience. In this series you don’t sacrifice anything. There are some movies that wouldn’t play at PG-13, like The Hangover, but this is just not one of them for me. Again, if you’re capturing character, emotion, and emotional journey, you’re OK.

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I really want an R rated..I hope I am not the only one who feels this way. They have to remember that not all the twilight fans are teenagers and if they were mature enough to read it they should be able to watch it also! I dont want anything cut out..like the honeymoon, the birth scene..everything.

It feels like MR is going to cut most of these scenes of BD to make it more teen friendly..we want us much of the book as possible.

“Again, if you’re capturing character, emotion, and emotional journey, you’re OK” …there will be no emotion without a good honeymoon scene imo. THis is the moment for Bella..she gets what she wanted since the beginning BD must show that. jmo.

I agree Trish and her words worry me. You have to capture the important scenes in order for it to be a good movie. Skipping over the honeymoon, the birth scene, etc, just would completely take away from it. I wouldnt be surprised if she did though because she has done crap like that in Twilight and New Moon. She skips over vital scenes and downplays their importance…..maybe she needs to go back and read the books again plus actually listen to what the fans want to see. I swear if in Eclipse they do the whole “shove Jacob and Taylor down our throats” thing again I will have a fit!

rachelle, i kinda have already given up..especially on MR! what i dont understand is why she is continuing this series!! most of the fans dont like her…in a movie dialogue is everything and the chessy lines in nm even made me, a twihard snicker!! the actors can only do so much!! she makes it feel like of those daytime soap operas! i wish summit let her go, yet again summit really dont seem to care what the fans think it feels.

p.s. her factuation fot taycob is sickening imo!! once a team edward always a team edward!