New King Book

I’m very excited for this:

Stephen King is a brilliant writer of short stories and novellas. His reputation speaks for itself, but I had a little mini-discussion in one of my literature courses a few weeks ago about him. The only thing we could agree on was that his smaller works we found to be more enjoyable than his larger books. Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of small novellas and short stories, which I’m hoping we get the same quality of stories we’ve seen ranging from The Skeleton Crew to Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

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The Short Story

This is an older interview with Stephen King, but I feel like what he’s saying about writers approaching novels before they learn to write short stories is really important. I’ve heard other famous writers mention this when asked to give advice to new writers.

However, I do encourage everyone to find the path that’s right for them.

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