Stephen King begins his book correctly with the statement: “for all have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection.” This play on a biblical reference perfectly portrays the sarcastic and humorous tone in which he continues to write in throughout the beginning portion of the book. Stephen King is simply captivating as he comically writes his life story, and it always amazes me how he manages to write so conversationally, even about touching subjects like his mother’s death.
His stories seemed so conversational at points that a reader could forget they were learning step by step how Stephen King could become a writer. Especially in the story of Eula-Beulah, when Stephen casually inserts the lesson of the story, “After having a two-hundred-pound babysitter fart on your face and yell POW!, The Village Voice holds few terrors.” Mr. King’s thought process behind the stories he began were one of the most interesting parts. The inspiration behind the book Carrie was especially unsettling to me as Stephen King simply and unemotionally wrote about his classmate, Dodie, and the high school horrors she encountered.
The stories not only recorded the life of a famous writer, but also explained the experiences that he went through to shape him to what type of person he is as writer today. Although he did not directly address any writing styles he wrote about what kind of a person a writer had to be and the trials he went through to achieve the success that he has.
Use a darker font, please! I had to highlight your text to read it. :)
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