/lit/ - Literature

he looks like the grinch

>>14263278
He's such a massive hack that he's a plot point in Mr robot.

Trash writer

>>14263278
The first dark tower book was cool but then it was disappointing all the way to the end.

His writing is almost as boring as these threads

>>14263278
He's actually a decent writer line by line, but his refusal to actually plot out his work and think of decent endings means that he has never written anything worth reading.

>>14263278
wrote some good novels while coked

>>14263295
Made me laugh. Dark Tower series is not bad and writes some pretty good character. But his endings are pretty much always terrible.

prime example of drugs carrying an authors trash writing

>>14263278
He's good at writing books for people who like Stephen King, which is most people. I don't think he has any pretension or even aspirations towards literature. He knows what he is, he knows what he likes, and he's good at it.

I think part of the problem with artists (or people who are just aesthetically sensitive) is that they write for themselves, which are usually people w/ the same tastes and sensitivies as them. They don't really have any interest in what other people like or are interested in, and then they get mad because everyone isn't like them.

Most people aren't talented. They aren't going to see or feel or think in the same way you do. You can shit on that all you like but it's a lot more growth-oriented to try and figure out what people like, why, and how you can integrate those sorts of techniques into your own work.

>>14264604
I still can't believe he wrote Cujo in one sitting while Oliver Reed-tier drunk/coked up.

>>14265163
That thing you call a problem is actually the defining characteristic of an artist. You can apply that to tradesmen, and some of those are more artistic than others too.

This point has been raised multiple times - Stephen King writes himself to a rabbit hole and never stops. He doesn't know how to end novels and tie up plots.
Other than that - >>14265163 this pretty much sums it up

Misery had a pretty good ending.

>>14266675
The Dark Tower ending was perfectly fine

>>14263278
Why do we get this thread every other day?

He's one of the best writers of all time. How else could you explain his fame and fortune?

>>14267335
Imagine there being a thread every few days on a popular writer, bonkers!

>>14263278

>>14263278
He's a pedophile

Will be forgotten entirely in 30 years

>>14263278
only liked by edgy zoomies

>>14267340
Sure, even if it was predictable and uninspired, I forgive, but I cannot forgive him for being an utterly condescending shit in the afterword “Many people will not like this ending, but I assure you, it is because they don’t realize what makes a story good” and more dishonest pseudry.

>>14263278
One of the greatest authors of our time

The Mist had a really good ending, the film fucked up, the tv show I stopped watching after 3 or 4 episodes.

why haven't they made The Long Walk into a movie yet?

>>14268441
because it wouldn't have any running time

>>14265163
>I don't think he has any pretension or even aspirations towards literature

People say this, but his books are filled with shitty character building and pseudo-poetic prose. King is only good when he goes all out and writes schlock horror stories.

He's the literary equivalent of Disney movies. It's garbage with subversive morality and politics. There's so many better things to read so don't waste your time.

>>14263278
Is there anything by him worth reading? Like I heard Carrie, The Shining, and maybe that JFK book are all pretty good.

>>14270344
Almost all of his books are worth reading imo

>>14270344
IT
Pet Sematary
11/22/63

Dogshit. The world is actually worse for his works and the movies that came from them. Yes, even The Shining.

>>14270332
Any recommendations?

>>14270723
Night Shift was not bad, also.

>>14270344
Misery is the best of his I've read. Carrie is also pretty cool. Pet Sematary was the scariest, in fact it's the scariest thing I've ever read; but its ending sucks.

>tfw everything written about New England is horror
cmon guys it not THAT scary, right...?

How is the Dark Tower series?