Steal From The Best

Steal From The Best

Stephen King

American horror novelist

Ideas

Stephen King on the lure of the forbidden in horror fiction

2:11

Stephen King explains how he got the idea for Cujo

1:47

Stephen King on how good ideas stick around

1:09

Stephen King explains how his characters reveal his subconscious

0:33

Stephen King on the first book that turned his dials all the way

3:28

Stephen King on why some movie adaptations of books fail

2:07

Stephen King explains how two unrelated ideas came together for Carrie

1:44

Stephen King explains how long it takes to write a book

2:39

Stephen King explains how movies have a language of their own

2:03

Stephen King on why you shouldn't examine creativity too closely

0:30

Stephen King on what he asks after writing a book

0:34

Stephen King explains what separates readers from writers

0:25

Stephen King on why he wants to tell a story rather than trot out knowledge

0:32

Stephen King: “I just look for ideas that I really enjoy”

0:41

Stephen King on why his stories’ endings often surprise him

0:39

Stephen King on why college is great for writers: “the dreams are free”

0:52

Stephen King explains why he takes a smaller advance to be partners

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Stephen King: “The magic is somewhere else”

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Stephen King on why he still writes

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Stephen King on why writing a book should be about more than a paycheck

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Intro

▶️10 Writing Tips from Stephen King for Writers and Screenwriters12:51 · 6 Oct 2020

▶️20 Writing and Screenwriting Tips from Stephen King19:06 · 1 Dec 2021

🎬The Master of Horror Stephen King Reveals his Deepest Fears52:19 · 3 Aug 2024

Deep

📕On Writing: A Memoir of the Craftover 250 pages · 2 Jun 2020

📕Danse Macabre

🎤Stephen King, The Art of Fiction No. 1892006

📕Stephen King: The Art of Darknessover 250 pages

📑'Three types of terror': A critical study into how Stephen King elicits terror, horror and revulsion in the novel IT32 pages · Nov 2022

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