I was another secret Stephen King reader until I gradually introduced my mother to the idea. I was older than you, though, about fifteen when I read Carrie, hiding it in my backpack and reading on the bus rather than at home. I was hooked after that.
He taught me that it's okay to be afraid of all those things, but that to write about them is to love the things that make you afraid, and that helps.
He taught me about the worst side of people and the best side of people.
He taught me to write unflinchingly.
He taught me to write only what I enjoy and to love horror even more than I already did.
I think King is a writer's writer. He may not be the best writer, but he's one of the best storytellers, and his joy and pain and everything in between comes through in his writing. For all the gore and the awkward sex, Stephen King really is Uncle Stevie for a lot of people. He's just so comfortable.
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He taught me that it's okay to be afraid of all those things, but that to write about them is to love the things that make you afraid, and that helps.
He taught me about the worst side of people and the best side of people.
He taught me to write unflinchingly.
He taught me to write only what I enjoy and to love horror even more than I already did.
I think King is a writer's writer. He may not be the best writer, but he's one of the best storytellers, and his joy and pain and everything in between comes through in his writing. For all the gore and the awkward sex, Stephen King really is Uncle Stevie for a lot of people. He's just so comfortable.
Happy birthday to him.