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Stephen once said that as a writer, none of your story telling is effective if you are not able to create a relationship between you and the characters. He helps you to get into their heads and they in turn get into your head. He has mastered this method.
Not always... There have been times where I have an idea on how to fix an issue in my book or a way a scene could play out differently than I planned...and too many times I'll forget the specifics.
Surely he doesn't mean notebook to jot down ideas really fast or to remember information might forget later? I would love to know what he means by a "writers notebook."
"You go out broke. Everything's on loan anyway. You're not an owner, you're only a steward. So pass some of it on. You may have much now but your gonna have a lot, and when you do remember the ones who don't have anything. A dime out of every dollar." Terrific quote from the master of horror.
+Evan Carmichael hey great video man! I love listening to Stephen king he looks at things in such a unique way ya know? anyways keep up the great videos man im subscribing right now bro
Yeah, I don't know where my ideas come from. Therefore I can't tell someone else where they come from. I guess they come from the monster inside or something. It works and keeps coming and I just go along for the ride while trying to take notes along the way.
#10 is so right. Some of the greatest stories are completely universal across cultures. I recently realized this while watching Back to the Future, which can work for any age, any culture, any gender.
he's getting so old....one feels such love for older people and respect, EVEN if you don't know them. I wish him many years of health....he's such a funny man and So real. thanks
@@EvanCarmichael nacadoches you! i live when the young folk sneeze all fancy free, as an elderly woman, i have to take intivio with my sake in conjunction with omeprazole to have healthy sneeze function, whoooo wheee im all typed out now.
The biggest "rule" here is how he threw Carrie in the trash. He threw CARRIE in the TRASH CAN. Don't give up! PULL YOURSELF OUT OF THE TRASH AND KEEP GOING.
And I think “Carrie” would have stayed in the trash, if not for his wife Tabitha, who retrieved it, read it, and then told him, “I think you may really have something here...” Or so the story goes. 😉
"Love the process." Of course King is talking specifically about the writing process. However, I believe this can be a great rule to consider for all career paths. It is very much like "Love what you do," and "Find your creative process." All great advice for any career. Superb advice for writers who may not yet know why they are writing. If you don't love it, and if you don't love the writing process, you should probably consider a different path/hobby.
Toby Reynolds why would you write unless you love it? It's not like some work in a corporate merely to make steady money out of security fears... it's writing.. if you don't love it you will fail, and if in any other path if you the only reason to love it is because you are doing it then that's some lame of a reason is it not ? Lame satisfaction in life by consequence !
I loved that he said he would write books, even if he didn't get money, but he liked writing for money! All throughout the ten points, "#1 Love what you do," and "#3 Love the process," ring loudly that as a writer, one must really love writing. #9 stands out also "Pass something on. You're not an owner; you only a steward." I have his book "ON WRITING" and I learned so much from it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching Ramona. :) Great to know you learned a lot from his book. You might be interested to check out these videos: th-cam.com/video/-WbyKtBYiyI/w-d-xo.html & th-cam.com/video/Bc47jc3MSjs/w-d-xo.html #Believe #BTA576 Shine
I listen to Stephen King every few months. He inspires me and reminds of why I write my stories. Thanks for putting this compilation together. Always #LOVE your work, Evan!
For me it's a combination out of "don't be that miserable artist" and "enjoy the process". It can be overwhelming sometimes to make progress on your passions while maintaining a life on the side. But it's important to stay positive, and always remember to enjoy the process instead of dwindling down into a spiral of shame over "not enough progress". Thanks for the video! :)
Your videos that focus on writers and writing tips contain some of the most valuable information for writers that is available on TH-cam. Thanks, Evan!
Radha Stead Ya, my kids had a problem with tithing, so I got 10 dimes and said ok there are 10 dimes in every dollar. So, take one dime out to give, now see how much you get to keep.
ENJOY THE PROCESS; IN MY MANY YEARS OF WRITING, I FINALLY REALIZED THAT I LIKED THE PROCESS OF WRITING AND THAT I WAS NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHERE THE STORY WOULD GO, I FELT LIKE I HAD STEPPED INTO THE BOOKS I LOVED SO MUCH. I WAS NOT SOMEONE WHO WRITES, I WAS AND AM A WRITER.
Glad you liked it sanjay. :) Yes, you may have a future on that -- Always #Believe in yourself and take action to pursue what you love. #BelieveNation #BTA262 Shine
King has inspired both me and people around the world. For me, horror is the main subject matter of which I love to take something so normal, so inoccent, and turn it into a very sinister, abnormal demon. I’ve been inspired by King when I first heard about him when I was 6, and began with stapling little pieces of paper and writing. Now, I am 12, and looking into publishing a fully complete novel. Thank you, King, for all this inspiration and kindness you’ve left me in, I appreciate you.
I think #5 is probably the least understood piece of advice for people. They always want the perceived end goal; fame, money, etc. The real artists just love making shit and the money and fame is just a side thing. His face at 8:34 says it all.
Learn from rejection. Well, I would love to learn from rejection if I could get one. All I get is silence, and silence is not rejection. You can't learn from silence.
Stick to smaller presses and non-paying sites. What they lack in $ they make up for in feedback. If you're still getting silence, make sure you're adhering to conventional manuscript guidelines as well as that publication's submission guidelines. For example, if you're sending PDFs but they're only accepting RTF files, your manuscript goes straight in the Junk Folder. The Slush Pile is a bitch (for everyone), and they're looking for the slightest pretence to reject you. Also double check your email filters: I've lost a few good job interviews because they showed up in my Junk Folder instead of my Inbox.
It's going to sound so daft but I've been working on a story since 2016 (I only work on it for an hour at most; my focus is appalling) but I get into those hypnotic states he mentioned and I feel euphoric after each one. My characters are like my friends and it'll suck seeing them go one day but as he said, it's about the process. Them and I are sharing a unique journey of discovery and I appreciate every time I get back onto my computer to carry on further along the road. It's not a bad thing, writing.❤️
Stephen king is my hero. I have over 50 of his books on my shelf and I’m writing my own book currently. I inherited them all from my nana and just like something from one of his books, she read them on her deathbed.
If there is only one thing I can say about Stephen King is that he raised a lot, I mean a LOT of people to love reading. He inspired me to read and I passed this to my kids. Thanks Steph we owe you one.
I teach English, and I've told my students to come and check your channel, Evan! The work you do is AWESOME!!! It is a great way to get in contact with famous people we love from the most diverse areas... stuff you'll only see here! I've subscribed, and have been seeing a bunch per day! This is great stuff!!!! Keep it up! Best wishes!
be yourself and love the process. A process is a bunch of small steps over a period of time to create something bigger. Most of us want the "something bigger" right now, but the fun is in the process to get there. thoughts anyone?
+for a simple life I think it's about small steps on daily basis, step by step towards your goal. Pushing forward daily towards the things you want to achieve! :) #Believe #BTA112 Luka
Truly a writer par excellence. My first story of his was "The Mist", and I was fooling around with stories while working at a grocery store. When I finished it, I was blown away, and said "I want to write like THAT."
Thank you for making this video and all the Top Ten Rules vids. They are so inspiring. #4 & #5 really resonated with me. I think what he is really saying is Just Do the Work. Love it, have fun, and leave your worries behind. Also, I love speech he gives near the end of the vid. "Everything's on loan anyway." It reminds me to let go and just flow.
I enjoy writing more than almost anything. I mean, there's nothing like it. I was born to write. Not saying that what I write is any good, unfortunately! You can love something and not be good at it. I keep working at it year after year-- I obviously don't write for money--but it'd be nice to be paid for doing what I love because then I wouldn't have to do some stupid boring job that I hate. I could write all morning, have an adventure in the afternoon, come back and read or write in the evening. That would be my ideal life (basically what I did when I stayed in New York for 3 weeks). But if my writing isn't good enough despite all the classes and many thousands of words, I suppose I'll just have to keep writing for nothing. I really can't stop writing, can't stop the ideas, it's just a part of me, I wouldn't want to give up that part of me. Especially not for some dumb job. I wish I could at least do something I'd like to write about, or at the very least something that didn't make me so tired I didn't have any energy in the evening to write no matter how much I'd want it, and just watch TV shows. But I've got to live somehow, can't keep living in my parents' house. I've got an ultimatum for this fall, I've got to move out even if I have to do a horrible temp job like the kind that I did before, just data entry or scanning, the same thing all day, mind-numbing, drains you of all creative energy--my I don't want to live that life! There's got to be something better. I have a poli sci degree but it's been several years since I graduated and haven't had a full time job since. I have a pet sitting business, but it doesn't give me enough $$. I've been writing but only self-published and a couple short stories published out of all that I've written. So now the time is up and I've got to do something --I want it to be ok at least so I can keep writing for fun in the evenings.....if anyone will take me besides Wal-Mart. ohhh I don't want to go back to those temp jobs, contrary to what you might think their mindlessness doesn't leave you lots of room to imagine, you have to focus on your task just enough so it takes all the ability to imagine out of you and all you can do when you get home is watch Doctor Who......I want a good life for myself--who wouldn't--? but perhaps I'm too idealist. I have to be practical, realize that I have no talent in much of anything, even the thing that I've been doing all my life (writing)..... Oh my sorry for all this I'm just panicking a little from my ultimatum but I absolutely MUST have my own place, can't stay THAT much of a loser....I will try mom's great patience at some point and she'll throw me out before I'm able to take my cat..... ahh I do sound like a loser...so what it's youtube I don't even know... Well, I have to get back to writing while I can. (who'd even want to read something from someone like me!!!!)
I read it. :) I think you are a very good writer, based on what I am able to discern on your post. Don't give up...pursue what you love, #Believe in yourself. Yes, there's got to be something better, although you might need to work on something you don't like for now, find time to explore and do things that makes you feel alive. Always #Believe and take action. All the best to your writing Eowynnofrohan! #BTA178 Shine
Thanks Evan! sometimes one needs encouragement. I can't help but write so something may get somewhere someday...I at least want to do something I don't hate--there has to be something besides writing that I can do that AT LEAST doesn't stifle my creativity by being mind-numbingly boring. I NEED something to occupy my mind. Something intellectual....
"An author's notebook is the best way to immortalize bad ideas." that's kinda true but not very practical, because, when i have a good idea, i keep thinking about and i don't come up with new ones unless i write it down, then i can assure myself that i won't lose it so many other ideas come and go and when another good one comes up i just write it down so i feel safe
I love Stephen King I’ve read most of his books(he’s done sooo many!) and he’s actually a really great guy! Screw spider man- STEPHEN...YOURE MY HERO!!! Lol seriously I genuinely respect this guy, one hell of an imagination!! X
The process of the ten you've posted that resonated most with me is "be yourself." I speak one way and can't seem to get the words on paper in the same way. I'm so concerned with tense and grammar I get discombobulated. I like how he says to go for broke when you're writing. As Jim Carrey said, sure, he has two Golden Globe Awards, but when the world ends none of that matters. Both of these men started off with nothing and earned penny they own. Spectacular deities of success.
He doesn't focus on what the critics say, he writes what he wants to read, about characters he wants to spend time with. Plus he'd do it for free if he had too.
I loved the film adaptation of ‘Dolores Claiborne’. Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt were all great and the setting was beautiful. I think Kathy Bates is Mr. King’s homegirl.
Yo - You don't know me and I don't know you but thanks for putting up all these Top 10 writer videos. They have been a great help in keeping my suicidal thoughts away while my own books on the Kindle are crashing and burning.
Hello! One year later, hope you are still alive :/ I do agree, this advice is Golden. I particularly uphold the advise on perfecting a work until the author is personally satisfied as well as the passage of time being the greatest filter for a collection of ideas. So, out of curiosity... Are you an author? Or did you mean books you had been reading were crashing? Sorry, silly question. Just couldn't interpret 📖.
The idea of passing something on seems important to me, it's as if a writer wants to inform and impart some insight & wisdom without proselytizing or preaching, but in a way that compels the reader to see some familiar thing in a totally new way.
When I started writing seriously in the 80s, I said that I wanted to write a story before I turned 30 so frightening that it would scare Stephen King. I picked 30 because he published Carrie before he turned 30. That didn't happen. I didn't even sell a story until I turned 35, but he was one of the inspirations that got me started (Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allen Poe part of it too). I like his description of his writing process best of his 10 tips offered here. That matches how writing feels for me too. I don't know how the folks who plot everything ahead of time can do it. Thanks for posting this.
Pass something on. Everything is on loan anyway. You're not an owner, you're a steward. One of the loudest elements of King's legacy that has always resonated with me, remembering the "little people." He holds true to this in nearly every aspect of his writing, partly I think because he still believes that the "little guy" is infinitely more interesting. That person has a struggle that is very real, very relatable no matter who you are, and it always makes for better stories. At least it does to me. King said something in an interview--in the 1980s, I believe--that has never left me: "I have a few bucks in my pocket to go get a pack of smokes." He doesn't seem to live to excess, or have the desire to live to excess, tries to keep one eye on the commonalities and it shows in his stories, in the characters he creates. He seems to live vicariously through them, and to him it seems "that's just good enough for me, man." He's the first famous person I've ever heard think, talk, or act this way, and it left an impression in my mind that has helped me understand myself as a person and as a writer, and he continues to contribute wisdom to my personal growth every time I read something he writes or listen to something he has to say.
Not only is Stephen King a tier 1 fictionary writer, he has no fear about sharing all his tier 1 successes alongset his failture as he goes. That's the note of a writer who has exeperieced 20 bad years. This is him. I've worked in many businesses. 20 years is a long long time to stick at something.
King is talented in so many ways. There are a few of his books I'm not crazy about, but most of them I've liked a lot. Of course they are always very well written, but also their plots are--every one--unique, even within the horror/fantasy/scifi genres. He also never tries to capitalize on a past success by writing something similar. (with the exception of "The Shining", but I almost feel he was made to write its sequel, "Doctor Sleep" which I haven't read yet). And his diversity is unparalleled. "Salem's Lot was the scariest book I'd ever read at the time it was published. (It was a tie in scariness with "The Exorcist.") Then, when I read"11/22/63" it just blew me away. Again, totally different than anything he'd done before. What a terrific and fascinating book. King also seems to be a genuinely nice guy who's crazy about his wife and kids, (adults now, I guess). He's one of my favorite authors. I wish he'd get together with Peter Straub already and write the final book in the Talisman/Black House Trilogy. Black House was one of those books you wish would never end. It was filled with loveable heroes and seriously bad villains. I enjoyed every single page of it. I guess Stephen King is a class act in almost any genre.
LOVE what you do!!!! Love it! Exactly. If an 'author' is writing books just to up their reputation and the characters become a means to an end, then find something/ ANYTHING else to do.
I've been READING & WRITING all my life. Never thinking my work good enough. After seing this...I'm gonna pull some stuff out, polish it up and SEND IT OUT... the fat that you get rejected is just part of writing and damn it...I'M A WRITER who just wants to share my stories....Thanks for this... gave me the BUMP I needed.
Yes, you are a WRITER! :) Glad you know what your passion is. All the best to you! Always #Believe. This video might also be helpful to you: th-cam.com/video/Bc47jc3MSjs/w-d-xo.html #BTA289 Shine
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Looking for the original copy-written copy. Keep finding these pirated copies that puts money, in the wrong persons pocket.
Thanks Evan great stuff I’ll check you out x
Stephen once said that as a writer, none of your story telling is effective if you are not able to create a relationship between you and the characters. He helps you to get into their heads and they in turn get into your head. He has mastered this method.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for watching Keith. :) #BelieveNation #BTA617 Shine
i was writing my book last night and started crying so hard. I was still typing away but with tears running down my face.
@@lukelong9967 LEL
I've always thought he was the very best at characterization in the business.
The good ideas stay with you.
"An author's notebook is the best way to immortalize bad ideas." That's great.
Not always... There have been times where I have an idea on how to fix an issue in my book or a way a scene could play out differently than I planned...and too many times I'll forget the specifics.
Well I guess that' why he's Stephen King
Thanks for the comment and for watching Candor. :) #BTA293 Shine
May I please ask what that hashtag is you keep commenting?
Surely he doesn't mean notebook to jot down ideas really fast or to remember information might forget later? I would love to know what he means by a "writers notebook."
"You go out broke. Everything's on loan anyway. You're not an owner, you're only a steward. So pass some of it on. You may have much now but your gonna have a lot, and when you do remember the ones who don't have anything. A dime out of every dollar." Terrific quote from the master of horror.
Thank you for sharing with us and thanks for watching. #BelieveNation #BTA715 Luka
"I don't know where I get 'em! And if I did man, would I tell YOU??" hahaha love it
Thanks for the comment and for watching Lucas. :) #BTA235 Shine
+Evan Carmichael hey great video man! I love listening to Stephen king he looks at things in such a unique way ya know? anyways keep up the great videos man im subscribing right now bro
Yeah, I don't know where my ideas come from. Therefore I can't tell someone else where they come from. I guess they come from the monster inside or something. It works and keeps coming and I just go along for the ride while trying to take notes along the way.
Carly ...??????
Cocaine
#10 is so right. Some of the greatest stories are completely universal across cultures. I recently realized this while watching Back to the Future, which can work for any age, any culture, any gender.
+Antoine Bandele thanks for sharing :)
Antoine Bandele *OMG MY FAVORITE MOVIE TRILOGY EVER!*
He has an a
amazing personality...love his books and movie adaptations.
I'm glad to hear that. Thank you for sharing and thanks for watching! :) #BelieveNation #BTA754 Luka
he's getting so old....one feels such love for older people and respect, EVEN if you don't know them. I wish him many years of health....he's such a funny man and So real. thanks
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching. :) #BTA346 Shine
@@EvanCarmichael nacadoches you! i live when the young folk sneeze all fancy free, as an elderly woman, i have to take intivio with my sake in conjunction with omeprazole to have healthy sneeze function, whoooo wheee im all typed out now.
The biggest "rule" here is how he threw Carrie in the trash.
He threw CARRIE in the TRASH CAN.
Don't give up!
PULL YOURSELF OUT OF THE TRASH AND KEEP GOING.
Thank you for sharing with us, John. #BTA985 Luka
Absolutely!
And I think “Carrie” would have stayed in the trash, if not for his wife Tabitha, who retrieved it, read it, and then told him, “I think you may really have something here...”
Or so the story goes.
😉
And don't forget a supportive someone who will retrieve the Carrie book from tras, and told you to not give up
@@reginaldrasyid2456 Some of us don't have that. It's impossible to be objective about your own work.
"...That's IT - she ain't never gonna be right!" ROFL. Love that line!
Thanks for the comment and for watching Carol. :) #BelieveNation #BTA320 Shine
I lost my shot right there 😂😂😂
The good idea stays with you, best one!
+Ian Carter Thanks for watching. :) #BTA110 Monzur
I like what he said about Under the Dome. You can have an amazing idea but not have enough experience to execute it properly.
Thanks for sharing :) #BTA785 Luka
Flat earth
"Love the process." Of course King is talking specifically about the writing process. However, I believe this can be a great rule to consider for all career paths. It is very much like "Love what you do," and "Find your creative process." All great advice for any career. Superb advice for writers who may not yet know why they are writing. If you don't love it, and if you don't love the writing process, you should probably consider a different path/hobby.
Toby Reynolds why would you write unless you love it? It's not like some work in a corporate merely to make steady money out of security fears... it's writing.. if you don't love it you will fail, and if in any other path if you the only reason to love it is because you are doing it then that's some lame of a reason is it not ? Lame satisfaction in life by consequence !
Toby Reynolds *oh my god yes such win*
He could do stand-up
Thanks for watching. #BTA283 Shine
or sit down
Anonymous right 😂
I loved that he said he would write books, even if he didn't get money, but he liked writing for money! All throughout the ten points, "#1 Love what you do," and "#3 Love the process," ring loudly that as a writer, one must really love writing. #9 stands out also "Pass something on. You're not an owner; you only a steward." I have his book "ON WRITING" and I learned so much from it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching Ramona. :) Great to know you learned a lot from his book. You might be interested to check out these videos: th-cam.com/video/-WbyKtBYiyI/w-d-xo.html & th-cam.com/video/Bc47jc3MSjs/w-d-xo.html #Believe #BTA576 Shine
I listen to Stephen King every few months. He inspires me and reminds of why I write my stories. Thanks for putting this compilation together. Always #LOVE your work, Evan!
Glad you enjoyed it :) #BTA845 Luka
I've read Stephen King for 20 years - I never tire of him. Thanks for this, Evan, I enjoyed watching.
Glad you enjoyed watching it Ian. :) #BelieveNation #BTA317 Shine
One of my favorite writers of all time. I enjoyed this.
Glad you enjoyed it Shelly. :) #BTA262 Shine
For me it's a combination out of "don't be that miserable artist" and "enjoy the process". It can be overwhelming sometimes to make progress on your passions while maintaining a life on the side. But it's important to stay positive, and always remember to enjoy the process instead of dwindling down into a spiral of shame over "not enough progress". Thanks for the video! :)
Totally agree, it's important to stay positive and enjoy the process. All the best to you! Always #Believe in yourself. :) #BTA400 Shine
Somehow I feel more confident about my work
That's awesome to hear! :) Thank you for sharing with us, Jakub. #Believe! #BelieveNation #BTA724 Luka
@@EvanCarmichael this is happening
One of the Keys to being Great at anything is Loving the Process!
Love it! Keep going Michael. ❤😊 #Believe - Dondon
Your videos that focus on writers and writing tips contain some of the most valuable information for writers that is available on TH-cam. Thanks, Evan!
I love this. Thanks for posting. I never know what is going to happen at the end of the stories I write. It's all a journey.
Thanks for the love :) #BTA911 Luka
Steven Kings rule pass something on. A dime every dollar
...also known as a tithe...yep.
Radha Stead Ya, my kids had a problem with tithing, so I got 10 dimes and said ok there are 10 dimes in every dollar. So, take one dime out to give, now see how much you get to keep.
ENJOY THE PROCESS; IN MY MANY YEARS OF WRITING, I FINALLY REALIZED THAT I LIKED THE PROCESS OF WRITING AND THAT I WAS NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHERE THE STORY WOULD GO, I FELT LIKE I HAD STEPPED INTO THE BOOKS I LOVED SO MUCH. I WAS NOT SOMEONE WHO WRITES, I WAS AND AM A WRITER.
Thank you for watching and thanks for the comment! :) #BelieveNation #BTA765 Luka
last one was awesome I may have a future in this
Glad you liked it sanjay. :) Yes, you may have a future on that -- Always #Believe in yourself and take action to pursue what you love. #BelieveNation #BTA262 Shine
THAT WAS AWESOME! All of them were rules to live by. Thank you for this.
Glad that you liked it. Thanks for watching ❤😊 #Believe - Dondon
King has inspired both me and people around the world. For me, horror is the main subject matter of which I love to take something so normal, so inoccent, and turn it into a very sinister, abnormal demon. I’ve been inspired by King when I first heard about him when I was 6, and began with stapling little pieces of paper and writing. Now, I am 12, and looking into publishing a fully complete novel. Thank you, King, for all this inspiration and kindness you’ve left me in, I appreciate you.
Glad you're feeling inspired :) #BTA951 Luka
Hope your going good with your book
omg omg omg this list is awesome, I stuck it on the facebooks and twatters
Glad you liked it Olivia. :) Thanks for watching! #BTA237 Shine
I think #5 is probably the least understood piece of advice for people. They always want the perceived end goal; fame, money, etc. The real artists just love making shit and the money and fame is just a side thing. His face at 8:34 says it all.
+Murrison Thank you for sharing, and thanks for watching. :) #BTA135 Luka
My favourite part is the writing process. I hate it when I finish
Yes
wow, I really needed to hear this. Great advice and insight, and inspiring
ahhhhll yeah!
I like how you put clips of the interviews in the beginning of the video, very cool
Woop woop! Great that you liked it, thanks for watching. 😊 #Believe - Feb
He is so intelligent every time i watch Green mile or shawshank i just admire how much he knows about people he is so intelligent
Agreed :) #BTA1314 Luka
The concept of the Campfire was really interesting, I love that idea
I'm glad that you like it! Thank you for watching. Much love. :) #BelieveNation #BTA701 Luka
Learn from rejection. Well, I would love to learn from rejection if I could get one. All I get is silence, and silence is not rejection. You can't learn from silence.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. #Believe #BTA569 Shine
Stick to smaller presses and non-paying sites. What they lack in $ they make up for in feedback. If you're still getting silence, make sure you're adhering to conventional manuscript guidelines as well as that publication's submission guidelines. For example, if you're sending PDFs but they're only accepting RTF files, your manuscript goes straight in the Junk Folder. The Slush Pile is a bitch (for everyone), and they're looking for the slightest pretence to reject you.
Also double check your email filters: I've lost a few good job interviews because they showed up in my Junk Folder instead of my Inbox.
I was searching info about Stephen king..... This is really helpful for me to understand his success lane..... Such a Good Master....
Thanks for watching #Believe :) #BTA1622 Veljko
I'm writing and listened to this video, here in the Midwest on a Saturday. Good video, thank you.
Awesome! Thanks for watching! 💛😊 #Believe - Ahmed
It's going to sound so daft but I've been working on a story since 2016 (I only work on it for an hour at most; my focus is appalling) but I get into those hypnotic states he mentioned and I feel euphoric after each one.
My characters are like my friends and it'll suck seeing them go one day but as he said, it's about the process. Them and I are sharing a unique journey of discovery and I appreciate every time I get back onto my computer to carry on further along the road.
It's not a bad thing, writing.❤️
💛 #Believe - Feb
Great interview. I love Stephen King. He is so charismatic. His writing is captivating
Thanks for watching. :) #BTA302 Monzur
Stephen king is my hero. I have over 50 of his books on my shelf and I’m writing my own book currently. I inherited them all from my nana and just like something from one of his books, she read them on her deathbed.
That's pretty amazing, thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed it. 😊 #Believe - Feb
He's SO hilarious! I loved the "be yourself" one and I can't believe he was about to throw away Carrie!!!!
Thank you for watching. 😊 #Believe - Feb
I love Stephen King!
Thanks for sharing and thank you for watching :) #BTA952 Luka
If there is only one thing I can say about Stephen King is that he raised a lot, I mean a LOT of people to love reading. He inspired me to read and I passed this to my kids. Thanks Steph we owe you one.
Agreed #Believe :) #BTA1574 Veljko
Thank you for all the great content:-)
+Ian Carter Glad you like it :) Thank you for watching!!
+Ian Carter Thank you for watching, Ian! Glad to hear you like our videos, it means a lot! :) #BTA117 Luka
Anytime! keep doing great work and get to feeling better Evan:)
I teach English, and I've told my students to come and check your channel, Evan! The work you do is AWESOME!!! It is a great way to get in contact with famous people we love from the most diverse areas... stuff you'll only see here! I've subscribed, and have been seeing a bunch per day! This is great stuff!!!! Keep it up! Best wishes!
be yourself and love the process. A process is a bunch of small steps over a period of time to create something bigger. Most of us want the "something bigger" right now, but the fun is in the process to get there. thoughts anyone?
+for a simple life I think it's about small steps on daily basis, step by step towards your goal. Pushing forward daily towards the things you want to achieve! :) #Believe #BTA112 Luka
“ That’s it! That’s it! That girl ain’t never gonna be right!” - “I may have a future in this business.” ❤️
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the last story about Carrie was so funny! king should so stand up part time. LOL
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Truly a writer par excellence. My first story of his was "The Mist", and I was fooling around with stories while working at a grocery store. When I finished it, I was blown away, and said "I want to write like THAT."
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching. :) #BTA229 Shine
Thank you for making this video and all the Top Ten Rules vids. They are so inspiring. #4 & #5 really resonated with me. I think what he is really saying is Just Do the Work. Love it, have fun, and leave your worries behind. Also, I love speech he gives near the end of the vid. "Everything's on loan anyway." It reminds me to let go and just flow.
Glad you they inspired you. :) Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and for watching. #BTA178 Shine
I watch this in awe. Because when I was 10 I wrote a book report on Christine and got sent to therapy by my school
much love Edward 💛 #Believe - Feb (from Evan’s team)
“My idea about a good idea is an idea that sticks around.”
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8. find your creative process. I´m a writer and I feel that exact passionate feeling. Adictiv, so true
I enjoy writing more than almost anything. I mean, there's nothing like it. I was born to write. Not saying that what I write is any good, unfortunately! You can love something and not be good at it. I keep working at it year after year-- I obviously don't write for money--but it'd be nice to be paid for doing what I love because then I wouldn't have to do some stupid boring job that I hate. I could write all morning, have an adventure in the afternoon, come back and read or write in the evening. That would be my ideal life (basically what I did when I stayed in New York for 3 weeks). But if my writing isn't good enough despite all the classes and many thousands of words, I suppose I'll just have to keep writing for nothing. I really can't stop writing, can't stop the ideas, it's just a part of me, I wouldn't want to give up that part of me. Especially not for some dumb job. I wish I could at least do something I'd like to write about, or at the very least something that didn't make me so tired I didn't have any energy in the evening to write no matter how much I'd want it, and just watch TV shows. But I've got to live somehow, can't keep living in my parents' house. I've got an ultimatum for this fall, I've got to move out even if I have to do a horrible temp job like the kind that I did before, just data entry or scanning, the same thing all day, mind-numbing, drains you of all creative energy--my I don't want to live that life! There's got to be something better. I have a poli sci degree but it's been several years since I graduated and haven't had a full time job since. I have a pet sitting business, but it doesn't give me enough $$. I've been writing but only self-published and a couple short stories published out of all that I've written. So now the time is up and I've got to do something --I want it to be ok at least so I can keep writing for fun in the evenings.....if anyone will take me besides Wal-Mart. ohhh I don't want to go back to those temp jobs, contrary to what you might think their mindlessness doesn't leave you lots of room to imagine, you have to focus on your task just enough so it takes all the ability to imagine out of you and all you can do when you get home is watch Doctor Who......I want a good life for myself--who wouldn't--? but perhaps I'm too idealist. I have to be practical, realize that I have no talent in much of anything, even the thing that I've been doing all my life (writing)..... Oh my sorry for all this I'm just panicking a little from my ultimatum but I absolutely MUST have my own place, can't stay THAT much of a loser....I will try mom's great patience at some point and she'll throw me out before I'm able to take my cat..... ahh I do sound like a loser...so what it's youtube I don't even know... Well, I have to get back to writing while I can. (who'd even want to read something from someone like me!!!!)
I read it. :) I think you are a very good writer, based on what I am able to discern on your post. Don't give up...pursue what you love, #Believe in yourself. Yes, there's got to be something better, although you might need to work on something you don't like for now, find time to explore and do things that makes you feel alive. Always #Believe and take action. All the best to your writing Eowynnofrohan! #BTA178 Shine
Thanks Evan! sometimes one needs encouragement. I can't help but write so something may get somewhere someday...I at least want to do something I don't hate--there has to be something besides writing that I can do that AT LEAST doesn't stifle my creativity by being mind-numbingly boring. I NEED something to occupy my mind. Something intellectual....
We all need encouragement Eowynnofrohan. :) All the best to you finding that something. Don't forget to explore. #Believe. #BTA179 Shine
tldr -_- (edit)=(just read it. i'll tell you something in my next post)
Keep at it! A writer writes. Bottom line.
"An author's notebook is the best way to immortalize bad ideas." that's kinda true but not very practical, because, when i have a good idea, i keep thinking about and i don't come up with new ones unless i write it down, then i can assure myself that i won't lose it so many other ideas come and go and when another good one comes up i just write it down so i feel safe
Thanks for sharing your thoughts #Believe :) #BTA1582 Veljko
I love Stephen King I’ve read most of his books(he’s done sooo many!) and he’s actually a really great guy! Screw spider man- STEPHEN...YOURE MY HERO!!! Lol seriously I genuinely respect this guy, one hell of an imagination!! X
Awesome. Thanks for watching! 💛😊 #Believe - Dondon
Great job! Love King & his writing majestic. Keep up the great work. Live aloha...
Thanks for the comment and for watching K.W. Hanapi. :) #BTA228 Shine
The last part of this video was simply brilliant 👍👍👍
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching #Believe :) #BTA1560 Veljko
I loved this so much! THANK YOU!!!!!
Glad you loved it Ruthie. :) Thanks for watching! #BTA304 Shine
I love him, he's such a romantic, like me. I always eat the cake before I eat the frosting. ^_~
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching Dahlia. :) #BelieveNation #BTA304 Shine
Wisdom and humor :)
+Muna Saleh :). #BTA115 Nina
Awesome vid. Thanks!
You are welcome, thank you for your kind words 💛 #Believe - Feb ( from Evan's team )
The process of the ten you've posted that resonated most with me is "be yourself." I speak one way and can't seem to get the words on paper in the same way. I'm so concerned with tense and grammar I get discombobulated.
I like how he says to go for broke when you're writing. As Jim Carrey said, sure, he has two Golden Globe Awards, but when the world ends none of that matters. Both of these men started off with nothing and earned penny they own. Spectacular deities of success.
Thank you for sharing with us, and thank you for watching! :) #BTA148 Luka
The Shining!
:) #BTA1415 Veljko
Thank you for putting those amazing points together!
Thanks for watching #Believe :) #BTA1623 Veljko
9:05 I think he would be a great villain for one of his books, just look at that expression and the way he said it lol
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Maybe he feels the shivers of the world itself alone in the universe. Maybe that is where he gets his ideas.
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What resonated with me was when he stated to not worry about what your audience will like, write about what you enjoy.
Awesome to know it resonated with you Michelle. :) Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching. #BelieveNation #BTA353 Shine
He doesn't focus on what the critics say, he writes what he wants to read, about characters he wants to spend time with. Plus he'd do it for free if he had too.
Thanks for watching :) #BTA1364 Veljko
He's so relatable!
#Believe :) #BTA1630 Veljko
I loved the film adaptation of ‘Dolores Claiborne’. Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt were all great and the setting was beautiful. I think Kathy Bates is Mr. King’s homegirl.
😊💛 #Believe - Feb (from Evan's team)
King inspired me to be an author. His work is remarkable.
Keep it going :) #BTA1387 Veljko
Thanks. The inspiration is right there. Love the process was a great tip to continue. My best seller will be out next year!!!!
Brilliant man! ❤️👌
Thank you for sharing with us and thanks for watching. :) #BelieveNation #BTA652 Luka
Fantastic! Thanks!
You're welcome, glad you liked it. 😊 #Believe - Feb
Yo - You don't know me and I don't know you but thanks for putting up all these Top 10 writer videos. They have been a great help in keeping my suicidal thoughts away while my own books on the Kindle are crashing and burning.
Hello!
One year later, hope you are still alive :/
I do agree, this advice is Golden. I particularly uphold the advise on perfecting a work until the author is personally satisfied as well as the passage of time being the greatest filter for a collection of ideas.
So, out of curiosity... Are you an author? Or did you mean books you had been reading were crashing?
Sorry, silly question. Just couldn't interpret 📖.
lol I remember the Wood Chuck scene in Under the Dome. He desicribes the thoughts going on in the woodchucks head. I love the way he does that.
Press B To Crouch Agreed. I just love how Stephen King can so beautifully and spectacularly craft a scene and create atmosphere.
that bit at 7:51 is brilliant
Thanks for sharing and thank you for watching :) #BTA957 Luka
Love Stephen King,his a talented, humble, wise man.Wow,great.
+Dinorah Henriquez Very well said. :) Thank you for watching! #BTA111 Luka
The idea of passing something on seems important to me, it's as if a writer wants to inform and impart some insight & wisdom without proselytizing or preaching, but in a way that compels the reader to see some familiar thing in a totally new way.
Great to know that randolph. :) Thanks for sharing your thoughts. #BTA456 Shine
That was awesome, thanks! I agree that you have to be yourself and love the process. I agree with everything, but those are my favorites.
Yes, it's important to be yourself and love the process. Thanks for the appreciation and for watching. :) #Believe #BTA430 Shine
Thanks Evan. Really love this video. Keep it up! ;)
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching #Believe :) #BTA1620 Veljko
When I started writing seriously in the 80s, I said that I wanted to write a story before I turned 30 so frightening that it would scare Stephen King. I picked 30 because he published Carrie before he turned 30. That didn't happen. I didn't even sell a story until I turned 35, but he was one of the inspirations that got me started (Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allen Poe part of it too). I like his description of his writing process best of his 10 tips offered here. That matches how writing feels for me too. I don't know how the folks who plot everything ahead of time can do it. Thanks for posting this.
You're welcome, thanks for sharing your thoughts too. 😊 #Believe - Feb
Pass something on. Everything is on loan anyway. You're not an owner, you're a steward.
One of the loudest elements of King's legacy that has always resonated with me, remembering the "little people." He holds true to this in nearly every aspect of his writing, partly I think because he still believes that the "little guy" is infinitely more interesting. That person has a struggle that is very real, very relatable no matter who you are, and it always makes for better stories. At least it does to me.
King said something in an interview--in the 1980s, I believe--that has never left me: "I have a few bucks in my pocket to go get a pack of smokes."
He doesn't seem to live to excess, or have the desire to live to excess, tries to keep one eye on the commonalities and it shows in his stories, in the characters he creates. He seems to live vicariously through them, and to him it seems "that's just good enough for me, man."
He's the first famous person I've ever heard think, talk, or act this way, and it left an impression in my mind that has helped me understand myself as a person and as a writer, and he continues to contribute wisdom to my personal growth every time I read something he writes or listen to something he has to say.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. #Believe :) #BTA1664 Veljko
I don't read king, too easily scared, but I like his writing advice.
Thanks for watching :) #BTA1390 Veljko
Yes! Thank you. I loved king since I was a child!!
his stories freak me out, guess that means he is amazing at his craft
+AnEvoultionaryLevelAbove HumanXenununubitch Thanks for watching. :) #BTA110 Monzur
10) "Tell Great stories". He's an author and his stories live on
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I love this channel.... Keep inspiring us..Evan ...Thank you 😃
Thanks for the love and support! :) #BTA784 Luka
All the same stuff you can read in On Writing. King never flip flops on his ideals, an amazing person really.
#Believe :) #BTA1608 Veljko
Not only is Stephen King a tier 1 fictionary writer, he has no fear about sharing all his tier 1 successes alongset his failture as he goes. That's the note of a writer who has exeperieced 20 bad years. This is him. I've worked in many businesses. 20 years is a long long time to stick at something.
Thank you for sharing, and for watching 😊 #Believe - Feb ( from Evan's team )
King is talented in so many ways. There are a few of his books I'm not crazy about, but most of them I've liked a lot. Of course they are always very well written, but also their plots are--every one--unique, even within the horror/fantasy/scifi genres. He also never tries to capitalize on a past success by writing something similar. (with the exception of "The Shining", but I almost feel he was made to write its sequel, "Doctor Sleep" which I haven't read yet). And his diversity is unparalleled. "Salem's Lot was the scariest book I'd ever read at the time it was published. (It was a tie in scariness with "The Exorcist.") Then, when I read"11/22/63" it just blew me away. Again, totally different than anything he'd done before. What a terrific and fascinating book.
King also seems to be a genuinely nice guy who's crazy about his wife and kids, (adults now, I guess). He's one of my favorite authors. I wish he'd get together with Peter Straub already and write the final book in the Talisman/Black House Trilogy. Black House was one of those books you wish would never end. It was filled with loveable heroes and seriously bad villains. I enjoyed every single page of it. I guess Stephen King is a class act in almost any genre.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Stephen King Cherch. :) #BTA450 Shine
I adore this man and hope to write with him one day.
That was good! Thanks for putting that together!!
Glad you liked it Michael. Thanks for watching! :) #Believe #BTA492 Shine
Great advice never gets old! Love it!
Agreed, thanks for watching #Believe :) #BTA1593 Veljko
LOVE what you do!!!! Love it! Exactly. If an 'author' is writing books just to up their reputation and the characters become a means to an end, then find something/ ANYTHING else to do.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for watching. 💛😊 #Believe - Dondon
I've been READING & WRITING all my life. Never thinking my work good enough. After seing this...I'm gonna pull some stuff out, polish it up and SEND IT OUT... the fat that you get rejected is just part of writing and damn it...I'M A WRITER who just wants to share my stories....Thanks for this... gave me the BUMP I needed.
Yes, you are a WRITER! :) Glad you know what your passion is. All the best to you! Always #Believe. This video might also be helpful to you: th-cam.com/video/Bc47jc3MSjs/w-d-xo.html #BTA289 Shine
Strange how the world loves him for portraying crazyness.
#Believe :) #BTA1638 Veljko
I was at GW for the talk in #10. What an awesome experience!
Cool to know that DarkCellar. Thanks for sharing. :) #BTA423 Shine
wonderfully done thank you! I love me some SK
Thanks for watching #Believe :) #BTA1477 Veljko
I love this.. very inspiring!!!!
+Tyrone Clark Thanks for sharing! Glad you were inspired! #BTA138 GT :)