@Seek_Kolinahr—I read children’s book as a huge part of my job, and I have to disagree that her writing is poor. I think one of her weaknesses was too wordy of endings—too much time explaining how exactly the plot went. But the meat of the story was very well crafted. She was very good at visuals. world building and hooking interesting little details together to get people hooked. You are entitled to your opinion about the books, but I think the writing itself is sound.
I can tell decent writing even if I don’t like the books. Like Brian Jacques is an excellent writer, but his Redwall series—talking mice—bleah. It doesn’t do a thing for me. But I can’t deny that his stuff is well written in and of itself.
If you want to see what Harry Potter would have looked like poorly written, you could try reading the Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo. Nice little stories, and kind of a knock-off of Harry Potter—but not compelling enough to capture anyone’s attention long.
However—Twilight, sorry @YARNLADY but that was very terribly written. Not just because I didn’t like it. She had some major plot holes and very poor characterization—and it got repetitive. There also wasn’t much in the way of description. YUCK! I can see how people had fun with it, but the writing was absolutely terrible.
I think Harry Potter is going to please people for generations. Twilight isn’t going to be much remembered after the last movie comes out. That’s just my personal prediction.