Comments on: Seven Writing Tips from Stephen King

By: Asegieme idokpesi

Asegieme idokpesi — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:23:09 +0000

thanks for all the tips especially the concise ones from king himself.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:35:13 +0000

I came across Stephen King’s book quite by accident, while researching what it takes to become a first-time author. It is an excellent read – I covered most of the book on a six-hour train journey – that provides basic but very useful tips from a master storyteller. I highly recommend it.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:39:45 +0000

One little trick I learned from King:
He’ll introduce a song somewhere along the story (a popular one), so now you’ve got the song in the back of your mind while your reading. The song usually fits in well with what’s taking place in the story.

One good example is in his book The Talisman.

Towards the end of the story, he introduces the song “better run through the jungle”, by CCR, as the crew travels across country in a luxury car. The driver is a cool wolfman.
Check it out!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:43:10 +0000

Selling books doesn’t make you a good writer. It makes you a good storyteller.

I LOVE the story of Dune, by Frank Herbert, but honestly, Frank doesn’t know how to write: his books are a pain to read through, and come off more like anthro-political essays than novels.

I find King doesn’t really stand out in style, but in substance. It is the content of his stories, not their deliveries that make him good.

That said, I’m just a voice on a post, so why pay attention to me?

By: sgtphoenix

sgtphoenix — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:48:38 +0000

Those are probably the best, yet most basic writing tips in existence. The fact that they’re said by Stephen King seems to give them extra credibility that they don’t really need to be able to stand on their own, though. Most good writers already know these, but many will look at them after having heard the same advice elsewhere and say “oh, if Stephen King said it, it MUST be true, because he’s a millionaire”.