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I'm still listening to this story, but he explains how various story lines came to him via personal experiences. I have found it interesting, but he tends to ramble on a bit. Of course, that is how he can write 175,000 word stories. He has mastered the art of winding long explanations into a story line.
If you like that story, I would consider getting '11.22.63' on Audible. Right up until the very end, he half way had me convinced that if I was in the right place, took the right turns in the closet of that restaurant, I might also be taken back to September 30th, 1958. If you do a lot of traveling alone, this is a great way to listen to the story.
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BigV
on April 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM
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I've never read a S. King book but the book you bought does pique my interest. Hope your trip goes well.
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Sea_Gypsy
on April 8, 2020 at 5:19 PM
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It's not that I object to his use of 'language' in his writing, but that in the Audible book of his I am listening to right now has a lot of it that doesn't further the story. Having had a severe closed head injury (CHI) and worked in a hospital with CHI patients, I recognize the signs of it.
In my first 200,000 words of published works, I had a grand total of four 'bad words.' one 'hell' and three 'damn's.' Obviously when I branched out to tell the tale of a girl I went to college with who got entangled into pornography, something that was just making its head out in the public domain at the time - early 70s with 'Deep Throat,' the story just needed 'bad words' through out it to be believable. I've long thought that the intro to that story was, and still is, the best intro I've ever written.
That story sells a lot, and it is in production to be an Audible book, but to date, it has but one review... five stars... that says:
What a sad story, such a waste of a life. This is a story told from the heart of the author. It is very well written, but it was painful to read knowing how the story ends. What a shame, what a waste. That said, this is a story well worth reading. It is enough to make you take stock, and really appreciate your own life, and the love of your family. How lucky we are indeed.
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BigV
on April 8, 2020 at 12:38 PM
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I tried dean Kootes and King but not really my style...i am back enjoying history books.
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Kabu
on April 8, 2020 at 11:05 AM
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I enjoy Stephen King's writing. I think the profanity is part of his character's persona. Not every character of his uses profanity. Do I think it is too much? No, because in reality, most people do use profanity especially in the situations his characters have. They are freaked out, stressed, on verge of dying or being killed.
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Annicita
on April 8, 2020 at 8:01 AM
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I have an aversion to horror stories, no matter how well-written or
produced as movies. Reality is all the scare I need at times, and I'll stick to the ones that demonstrate triumph over adversity, or stories where the hero does the right thing. Stephen King is a favorite of so many, including my daughter, and I did watch the movie "Misery" because I like Kathy Bates' acting. So I understand his appeal. Also think not using profanity and vulgarity except rarely strengthens the impact of "bad" words when they are used to raise the level of drama.
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Pat_B
on April 8, 2020 at 7:22 AM
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I like his writings, but he has an absolutely filthy mouth. I know 'bad words' too, but I choose not to use them in the huge majority of my stories. In my life, I did a lot of writing that would be publicly displayed, spoke to a lot of people in groups and classrooms, and just plain was 'out there.' If you use 'bad words' in your everyday life, they tend to bubble up and out when you least expect them to do so.
On the ideological spectrum of politics, (when you are forced to take three or four semesters of such stuff, you have to find a way to display what ya learned just to justify the tremendous waste of time and money I spent in doing so) King is too far to the loony left side of things. If you listen to 'On Writing,' you can see what drove him there. Drink, drugs, and a head injury. I was a 'drinker' for six weeks back in 1971 while I first came to college. I've never done any drugs that were not prescribed to me. The head injury part? I know all of the verses to that song by heart. Knowing my own struggle to recover, I'll allow him to spout... except where he said that he hopes people who believe like I do would all die. That's a bridge too far.
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BigV
on April 8, 2020 at 7:07 AM
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Oh...King is in the TOP 3...even though he's such a left-winger.
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Corbin_Dallas
on April 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM
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