How Did Stephen King Influence His Writing

The well-known American Horror Novelist, Stephen King, has written many novels and short stories over the last six decades. He has sold over three hundred million copies of his novels and many movies have been made from them. Today, King is one of the most popular science fiction writers known and continues to write daily. He has made millions of dollars for his suspenseful, gruesome, and twisted work. In doing so, this has opened additional doors for King. He has also written several nonfiction books, autobiographies, and even children’s books. King has won numerous awards and has been nominated for several more; dating back to the late nineteen seventies. He has been interviewed multiple times by college students, fans, and other writers. In these …show more content…
Like most writers, Stephen King has been influenced to write by various different factors. His own fears, horror films and books, his family, and his life experiences are the most influential to his writing. Stephen King’s writing
As a child, King grew up with a very vivid imagination. He had visions of things that other children never could imagine. The influence of his own fears plays a big role in why he writes horror novels. He is afraid of many things like rats, the number 13, the dark and he quotes “I’m afraid of everything.” (Rogak 1). King, afraid of being trapped in small spaces or rooms, and big menacing dogs sparked an idea for his novel “Cujo” (King, Stephen King, The Art of Fiction NO.189), which is about