[DARK TOWER SPOILERS!] Does anyone know of SK's opinion on derivative works?

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Sagarmatha

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SPOILERS BELOW, DON'T SCROLL DOWN IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THEM ALL!

That's enough to protect any careless readers.

I want to write a short story set within the framework of Roland's repeated trips to the tower and the magic doors he finds along the way. Each time Roland draws different people, but the doors always have the same name - the boy, the prisoner, the lady of shadows, the pusher, and so on. The story I have in mind deals with the Prisoner's door and depending on how it goes it could be from an earlier trip to the tower and an equivalently more heartless Roland or a later trip and a more chastened and thoughtful gunslinger.

I'm happy to post it here and share it with everyone, but I don't see the point in starting it if I legally can't share it with anyone.
 
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FlakeNoir

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SPOILERS BELOW, DON'T SCROLL DOWN IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THEM ALL!

That's enough to protect any careless readers.

I want to write a short story set within the framework of Roland's repeated trips to the tower and the magic doors he finds along the way. Each time Roland draws different people, but the doors always have the same name - the boy, the prisoner, the lady of shadows, the pusher, and so on. The story I have in mind deals with the Prisoner's door and depending on how it goes it could be from an earlier trip to the tower and an equivalently more heartless Roland or a later trip and a more chastened and thoughtful gunslinger.

I'm happy to post it here and share it with everyone, but I don't see the point in starting it if I legally can't share it with anyone.
Hi and welcome to the site. :)

Stephen doesn't allow people to use his characters or story lines in their writing, sorry.
 

AchtungBaby

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SPOILERS BELOW, DON'T SCROLL DOWN IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THEM ALL!

That's enough to protect any careless readers.

I want to write a short story set within the framework of Roland's repeated trips to the tower and the magic doors he finds along the way. Each time Roland draws different people, but the doors always have the same name - the boy, the prisoner, the lady of shadows, the pusher, and so on. The story I have in mind deals with the Prisoner's door and depending on how it goes it could be from an earlier trip to the tower and an equivalently more heartless Roland or a later trip and a more chastened and thoughtful gunslinger.

I'm happy to post it here and share it with everyone, but I don't see the point in starting it if I legally can't share it with anyone.
Welcome! Like Flake said, King doesn't allow people to use his characters and stories. Still, you could write it and just keep it to yourself? I've written some fan-fiction involving quite a few King characters just for myself-- it's fun. :) I wouldn't ever share it with people, because I don't want to get in trouble. Haha.