And to think that Stephen King even committed such an act. Blasphemy! Well unfortunately for myself the great author actually did such a thing, sharing his experiences in the book On Writing. This is something that can be forgiven though. He wasn't aware (at the time at least) that he was violating every plagiarism rule in the history of literature. Every teenager tries to make money one way or another, so I kind of agree on his approach to gaining money.
I do not like this Miss Hisler because she called The Pit and the Pendulum a piece of junk and demanded to know why he was wasting his God-given abilities. Anyways, Stephen continues to explain significant parts of his writing "career" such as his time as an editor for the high school newspaper and his time spent writing Carrie.
Carrie is obviously the turning point of his life and probably the true starting point of his career as a writer. All the while giving us subtle advice to our writing. For instance, the combining of two unlike ideas into one big idea! However, Stephen King mentions that he never liked Carrie, because it reminded him of Sondra and Dodie, two women he met that eventually met their demise.
Unbeknownst to me, he was actually quite the druggie. Apparently dependent on it for the "buzz" it gave him during writing. Now that is just wrong but his wife helped him end his various addictions, thankfully.
To end this post, Stephen King gives a little bit of advice that life isn't the support system for art. It's the other way around.
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