ZEN PENCILS » 2. 07. STEPHEN KING: The desk. Think about this: Stephen King has been releasing one, sometimes two books a year pretty much every year since his first novel, Carrie, was published in 1. That’s 4. 3 freakin’ years of consistent output! He’s become such a mainstay of our culture that it’s easy to take his genius for granted. King’s been writing since he was 7 years- old, when he would copy and rearrange the stories out of his favourite comic books. Impressed by her son’s talent, King’s mother urged him to write an original story.

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He began submitting short stories to horror and sci- fi magazines at age 1. By the time he was 1. King had to replace it with a larger spike. By the time he was 1. King was still getting rejection letters, although at least now there were hand- written notes of encouragement from editors scribbled on them. By his mid 2. 0s, King was selling the occasional short story to pulp and mens magazines but not nearly enough to make a living. He was working in an industrial laundry, cleaning maggot- infested restaurant and hospital sheets, while his wife Tabitha, also a writer, worked at Dunkin’ Donuts. Watch Beat The World Online Freeform.

They had two young children, were living in a trailer and although King managed to find better work as an English teacher, he was starting to despair that his writing career would never take off.“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 recognise them when they show up.”King chanced upon the idea for Carrie when he recalled working as a high school janitor. While he was cleaning the female locker room he paid special attention to the shower curtains since he knew the boys lockers didn’t have them. He imagined an opening scene (NSFW) in which a girls locker room didn’t have the curtains and students were forced to shower in front of each other. Watch Five Thirteen Online Fandango.

Think about this: Stephen King has been releasing one, sometimes two books a year pretty much every year since his first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974. That.

What if a girl had her period in the shower but didn’t know what it was, and all the other girls laughed and threw tampons at her? How would that girl retaliate? Then King remembered reading an article about telekenisis and how there was evidence that it was prevalent in young girls, especially around the time of their first period. Boom, that’s when two unrelated ideas came together to create something new. King knew he had found an idea for a book and wrote three pages of a first draft while working his teaching job.

He hated it and threw it in the trash. It was King’s wife Tabitha who found the pages while emptying the bin and encouraged her husband to finish it. Carrie was published in 1. King’s breakthrough novel. King finished off the decade with a string of bestsellers including ‘Salem’s Lot and The Shining. By the ’8. 0s King and his family were living in a beautiful house in Bangor, Maine, and King was writing at his dream, massive oak desk.

However, he was also an alcoholic and a drug addict. He would write all hours of the day strung out on cocaine and medicate at night with a whole case of 1.

In 1. 98. 5 and at risk of losing his family, Tabitha held an intervention and gave King an ultimatum: get help or get out of the house. Thankfully, King managed to get clean and put his family life back together.

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And thankfully for us, through it all, he never stopped writing. I tried to find a picture of the actual massive oak desk King mentions. The best I could do was this brief glimpse into King’s office in an interview from the mid ’8. You can see it at the 2.

The newer, smaller desk I’m guessing is this one. I could be wrong about both. RELATED COMICSBill Watterson A Cartoonist’s Advice. Stanley Kubrick answers a question. Neil Gaiman Make Good Art. Jack Kirby Hero Worship. Chuck Jones An Animator’s Advice.

BUY THE POSTER– The quote used for the comic and all the info sourced for the post come from King’s fantastic memoir/how- to book. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. A must- read for anyone with the slightest interest in writing.– Further reading: Stephen King’s Family Business. A beautiful profile of the entire King family from The New York Times. Not only is King’s wife a writer, but so are his two sons and daughter- in- law.– My Top 5 Stephen King books: Misery, Different Seasons, The Stand, The Long Walk, Under the Dome.

I admit I haven’t read any of The Dark Tower books (hangs head in shame). What’s your favourite?