this has to be one of my favourite stories, the simple brutality, the character build, and the shocking normality of the whole idea.
but what i find fascinating is the use of so many adverbs peppered throughout the pages. this, after SK taught me never to touch them with a lengthy stick.
Do you think he looks back with fondness of his masterpiece , or embarrassment ?
curious, because, as instructed, i leave them alone.
lovingly, sheemus P.
Stephen King on Writing, Fear, and the Atrocity of Adverbs – Brain Pickings
but what i find fascinating is the use of so many adverbs peppered throughout the pages. this, after SK taught me never to touch them with a lengthy stick.
Do you think he looks back with fondness of his masterpiece , or embarrassment ?
curious, because, as instructed, i leave them alone.
lovingly, sheemus P.
Stephen King on Writing, Fear, and the Atrocity of Adverbs – Brain Pickings