Stephen Kings method in writing

[Roland of Gilead]

Thanks, Brinn. It's interesting to note that although King sets most of his tales in Maine and the surrounding New England area, whatever he does works for someone who has never been there. I'm from the Midwest myself and yet there are scenes in, for instance, certain sections of IT that I swear he's discussing my own childhood.

But I think King's ability to portray middle-class America will be his lasting legacy.

On Writing is an excellent book, both for his writing advice and his harrowing account of his accident.

What's funny is that I remember taking English classes in school in which we were encouraged to use adverbs as much as possible, to help describe things and broaden our vocabulary. Now we're being told (and coorectly, as most good prose shows) to avoid adverbs - but this is not easy for someone conditioned to throw an adverb into every clause.