I just saw IT. And a few days ago Jack Conner reminded me that it was Stephen King’s birthday. Whereupon I commented that King is the Charles Dickens of our time. Some writers are meant for the age in which they write — King, Austen, Norah Roberts — and they Read more…
In my new favorite book on writing, Misery, King has his protagonist Paul Sheldon wake up out of a pain-riddled stupor screaming for a pencil. When Annie Wilkes comes running in, he scribbles down the plot point that is essential to making the new Misery Chastain book the best he Read more…
Forget Stephen King’s On Writing. His best book on writing might be Misery. My son has become a Stephen King fan and he just checked out Misery from the school library. I picked it up after he finished and raced through it. I first read it years ago. Still vivid, Read more…