Stephen King Generously Shares His Passion and Tips for Writing

This man went through hell with alcohol and drugs and is here to talk about it.

I love Stephen King.

I am smitten with his humor, honesty, wit, passion, and courage.

Despite my fondness for the writer, I was not a fan of his books. I read The Shining and Cujo at the coaxing of a good friend, a faithful follower.

However, both novels scared the hell out of me, and I haven’t picked up another piece of his fiction again.

Since submitting articles to Medium, I have been eager to learn all I can about writing.

I was not an English major, nor had I taken creative writing classes. I’m a rookie in the Third Third of my life, retired, and enjoying telling my story and those of others.

My son enjoys writing, too, and had Stephen King’s non-fiction/memoir On Writing on his bookshelf. I borrowed it and read it nightly until my sleepy eyes closed.

Writing

Stephen King wrote his first story and submitted it to Spacemen magazine, promptly rejecting it. His second story wasn’t — In a Half-World of Terror was published in a horror magazine. He was in his teens when his writing career began.