Writing Essentials
King’s essential rule of thumb when it comes to writing is to “_________ a lot, _________ a lot.”
What is “Read, Write?”
The place where King grew up
Where is Maine?
The novel that kickstarted King’s career, earning him $200,000.
What is Carrie?
King met this woman and married her.
Who is Tabithia King?
At the novel’s start, this memoir by Mary Karr is mentioned.
What is The Liars’ CLub?
King advises strongly against using these to fluff verbs.
What are adverbs?
King’s mother
Who is Nellie?
This novel, set in 2025 in a dystopian America, was written in one week.
What is The Running Man?
Number of children King had.
What is three (3)?
Who is Tabithia King?
King says to write __________ with the door closed.
What is the first draft?
King got drunk for the first time in this city.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This book is about a man, Johnny Smith, who tries to kill an aspiring politician after a dangerous rise to fame.
What is The Dead Zone?
This addiction had a negative impact on King, even though he felt most productive with it.
What is alcoholism?
This is the name of the selection at the end of the novel.
What is 1408?
How many words a day does King suggest to write?
What is a thousand (1,000)?
King’s writing career unofficially started when he copied from this series of comic books and showed his plagiarized stories to his mother.
What is Combat Casey?
This novel, taking place in Boulder, CO and Las Vegas, NV, was almost given up on by King; only through a sudden realization did he write down the idea he thought of.
What is The Stand?
This is the name of the man who crashed into King on the side of the highway in 1999.
Who is Bryan Smith?
This “newspaper” was created by King’s brother, Dave.
What was the Rag?
What is King’s modus operandi when it comes to making the plot?
He doesn’t plot out his novels. He creates a situation and as he writes, the story comes with it.
King wrote for this paper, which got him in trouble for using nicknames of his teachers.
What is the Vomit?
This novel, about a man named John Edgecombe, is mentioned when King discusses symbolism (the characters just so happened to be J.C.)
What is The Green Mile?
King had this occupation prior to his surge in recognizability.
What is an English teacher?
King cites this author’s poem at the start of the section titled “Toolbox”
Who is John Prine?