Stephen King Influence

Stephen King is one of the greatest fantasy writer in the world. He published many short stories. Much of his fictions have been adapted to both large and small screens, although it usually plays best in the mind’s eye. The relations of king’s fiction with electronic media are many and complex. (King is considered one of the greatest fantasy writers because of the things that have happened in his past lifetime). (King 1)
Stephen King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. When king was a little kid, he witnessed one of his friends struck and killed by a train. He returned speechless and seemingly in shock. King related in detail his primary inspiration for writing horror fiction. When king went to school, he began writing for fun, …show more content…
King’s conservative Methodist up bringing was supplemented early with a diet of comic books and Weird Tales. When he was twelve, he began submitting stories for sale. He graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, with a B.S. in English and a minor in dramatics. He encountered two lasting influences: the naturalist writers and comp temporary American mythology. King despite his popularity largely derided in academic circles, type cast as a genre-fiction horrors novelist. (King …show more content…
Prior to the sale of this manuscript, King had 4 novels and 60 short stories that rejected, but since then, none of his books has ever gone out of print. King sold his short stories sold to men’s magazines like “Shank” and “Cavalier,” which helped pays the bills, but he had to copy them at the library so he could show them to his mother. The novel became King’s first hardcover bestseller, and his first book to appear on the “New York Times” bestseller list. King was unhappy with Doubleday’s version of “The Stand,” because the publisher had eliminated 400 pages from his original manuscript. (King