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Stephen King responds to rumor that Elon Musk kicked him off X

Stephen King has posted on X to respond to the rumor that Elon Musk banned him.




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Musk Did Not Ban Stephen King from X, Contrary to Online Claims

Social media posts falsely claim that Elon Musk banned author Stephen King from X, the social media platform owned by Musk. The rumor that King was banned originated on a satirical website. King's X account remains active, and he used it on Nov. 13 to debunk the claim.

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When Stephen King Delivers The News

Stephen King writes the news? Delivers the newspaper? Either times are hard or the news is horrible! If it's both, what are we to do about it?




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Stanley Kubrick’s Annotated Copy of Stephen King’s The Shining

The web site Overlook Hotel has posted pictures of Stanley Kubrick’s personal copy of Stephen King’s novel The Shining. The book is filled with highlighted passages and largely illegible notes in the margin—tantalizing clues to Kubrick’s intentions for the movie. The site features a picture of the book’s careworn cover along with two spreads from the […]




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Stephen King's 'Revival' to get film adaptation




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The Shawshank Redemption, a Stephen King movie

The Shawshank Redemption is consistently voted as one of the best movies of all time. Originally a story in a Stephen King book, the Different Seasons, known as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, the story was adapted and the movie created.




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On Writing: by Stephen King

Please join us for the next two months as we discuss Stephen King's critically acclaimed memoir. Share your views on writing (and thinking) and stay tuned for more posts. Thanks. 




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On Writing, by Stephen King


I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards. —Albert Einstein

Stephen King’s bestselling book is part memoir, and packed with funny anecdotes and pithy advice on the craft of writing. Having pondered why he wanted to write a book on writing, he acknowledges that the easy answer isn’t always the truth: “We are writers, and we never ask one another where we get our ideas; we know we don’t know.” He states it in no uncertain terms:  “Let’s get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”

Even, like Einstein, if no one know where the ideas come from, King makes an honest attempt to put down, briefly and simply, how he came to the craft, what he knows about it now, how it’s done, and warmly recommends the widely acclaimed Strunk and White, for style. He notes: “This is not an autobiography. It is, rather, a kind of curriculum vitae— my attempt to show how one writer was formed. Not how one writer was made; I don’t believe writers can be made, either by circumstances or by self-will (although I did believe those things once). The equipment comes with the original package. Yet it is by no means unusual equipment; I believe large numbers of people have at least some talent as writers and storytellers, and that those talents can be strengthened and sharpened. If I didn’t believe that, writing a book like this would be a waste of time.”

A great writer perhaps emerges from a mysterious blend of nature and nurture. King’s advice on writing, however, is grounded in salient memories from childhood recalling encouragements of his mother, and his early experiments as a writer: “imitation preceded creation; I would copy Combat Casey comics word for word in my Blue Horse tablet, sometimes adding my own descriptions where they seemed appropriate.”  Some suggest that it was his passion for writing, and the beautiful meaning that writing bestows, which helped him recover from the near-fatal accident in 1999. Brilliantly organized and inspiring, On Writing,  will charm and entertain anyone who loves the written word and wonders about the unknowable thoughts behind it.   





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Book review: If It Bleeds by Stephen King

Glimpsing the horrors in Stephen King's mind





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Stephen King, Beth O'Leary, Michael Arditti and Martin Edwards: This week's best new fiction

The title piece in King's latest collection of supernatural tales serves up a vivid metaphor for the media's unhealthy relationship with violent crime.




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Stephen King Criticized for Comments on Diversity

Stephen King's comments came shortly after the announcement of this year’s nominees for the Academy Awards, widely criticized for only choosing male directors and for an almost entirely white group of acting finalists.




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Horror Writer Stephen King Quits Facebook Over Misinformation

Stephen King has quit Facebook, saying there is too much fake news and misinformation on the platform.




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It / Stephen King

King, Stephen, 1947- author




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The institute: a novel / Stephen King

Dewey Library - PS3561.I483 I57 2019




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The outsider: a novel / Stephen King

Hayden Library - PS3561.I483 O98 2018




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Gary Dauberman to direct Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot film adaption




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Stephen King and the Evil Within