How to Write a Novel - Stephen King and the "Little Red Thread"
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- From a series of interviews given by Stephen King on his writing process. King is not a “plotter.” He likes to start writing and see where the story leads him. And, as he says in the video, he is not a big believer in keeping story notes. I love his metaphor of the little red thread in the baseboard and reeling it in to find out what’s on the other side.
If you’re a fan of King’s work (or have writing aspirations of your own), I highly recommend his autobiographical book “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.”
Keep on pulling the thread...
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He writes. And he writes. And he writes. King has mastered his craft because he's worked his tail off at it for so long
He probably uses a voice recorder
@@novice7T7 you think?
Today, He literally has an army of ghostwriters just like James Patterson. The difference: James Patterson is very public about it
@@Snowfox23Sure he has team that helps him with editing and research but he’s said himself he writes 6 pages a day.
If you think he achieved the success because he was doing it for long time you are wrong because you can spend whole life doing sth and you can still not master something, or be as good as some people , it’s all about what nature has given to you , the level of IQ, intelligence, enthusiasm, etc.
I love the joy of Stephen king books. You can tell he takes his time to flesh out an idea by just throwing it in a direction and just seeing where it goes. Its really lovely to enjoy and digest his thought process.
Well I hate to burst your bubble but right now several states have already banned his books and more states are trying to get them banned.
@@user-qi4uo9rc1n which states exactly
The king of books!! He absolutely loves his job, I love it
That slow start then losing yourself in a rhythm of nonstop flow he described while writing us the exact feeling i got in grade school. Now at 30 im atte.pting to write my forst book. Idk if ill try to have it published, but for now im writing just for me lol
He’s been writing novels since he was a kid but don’t forget it took him until well into his 30s to find his stride and get published. There’s time.
i'm in my 40s.
@@bluebellbeatnik4945 Bukowski first got published at age 50. There’s time.
Oh my God@@NeonPixels81 you saved my existence. thank you.
@@bluebellbeatnik4945 It’s what I do, baby
He was actually 26 when Carrie got published
Bro is the literal KING
Love the enthusiasm King has when he talks about writing.. awesome guy ❤
His smile when he talks about writing thi
he is so right about not being happy about a finished book. Its very difficult to end that very intimate relationship you have with you chracters. Its like dying a little. Every time.
Genius
I love Stephen King. The first book I read was Cujo in the 80s. Saw the movie! Was hooked. Steven has an imagination. I love Ann Rice too. Both are my favorites❤❤❤
Cant agree more with the dead fish metaphor. Writing is a pain when you sit down to do it (unless you have a sudden surge of inspiration prior to that) until it's not
King once said that, he does a little reading each morning, because it HELPS get his 'creative juice's' flowing BEFORE he starts writing, then spends FIVE hours A DAY committed to writing.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard King’s voice…now all I can think about is Davy Jones
"Like smelling a dead fish or walking into a monkey house." Don't you ever change sir.
My very favorite author, I laughed all the way thru IT because I lived it.
I love writing advice❤
Much love n respect . I would love to share my note books with you. For you to make story and write it because you are so gifted and my mind is all over the place and not in a bad way or scary but as realization done people are better off letting someone else’s use their interpretation to teach maybe say a different approach to teach people. I’ve had many influences in my life and I feel Stephen king would do an outstanding job. I’m easy to find. Much and respect. terrie
I have been Addicted to Stephen King Sence the 1980s ❤ And his Son Joe Hill
❤ Who Wrote the Heart Shaped Box ❤
I'm not Stephen King. I'm not a professional author but when I try to write, I have a brilliant hook which is brilliant and everybody I show loves. And then it Peters out. It seems Stephen King has the complete opposite effect. Maybe that's why he makes the money and I don't 😂
Are you foreshadowing too much too soon?
The really hard part is getting the rest of the story right yeah. It's why most new writers are way too paranoid about someone stealing their ideas. Ideas aren't the hard part, writing a good story from them is and no-one but you can write yours.
But the takeaway there is that a good hook can be turned into many wildly different stories. Some great, some not so much.
So your task is finding a way to turn your brilliant hook into an equally brilliant story, or at least an enjoyable one.
It sounds like you may want to do a bit of outlining to develop a better idea of where you story is headed. So you can tweak the pacing and keep the excitement. Stephen King doesn't do that (on paper at least) but he's a very confident storyteller that forged that confidence from decades of rejection. He knows how *he* can tell a great story.
You just have to find out what works for you. The only way to find out is by writing more. So keep on writing and learning. You're already great at coming up with great ideas apparently, so you're off to a great start as you'll have plenty of stories to learn from.
Needful Things.
Cryptic as always. He's not a teacher, he's an writer. I find all of my learning elsewhere. But I read his novels everyday, he's my favorite fiction writer. 😁
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The writer's notebook quote omg. I have a story idea from 2016 that I've decided to write into a novel now. In that first idea note, there was a police detective character, and how he mentioned that the people in town were staying indoors to avoid the ghost kids roaming the streets once every year. I've been having a block recently as I've been referencing that fact, and I realized that my current version of the story has the town as completely haunted, so there's no way there are any "normal people" in it. After all, the story is now about a kid who got lost and found himself in a ghost town. If there are normal people in that town who are just closing the blinds... it doesn't really work, does it? Wow, I can't believe it took until this video for me to just discard that idea because it wasn't good.
You're not alone!!!
I had the 'brilliant' idea of a detective who'd left the police and moved away but became embroiled in a spate of murders. I had him interrogating people and everything before I remembered he was no longer a detective.
I mean, it's salvageable I suppose, but the reason he left is a big part of the sub plot. Dohhhhh
P. S DON'T throw it away. It sounds incredibly creepy. If you start writing, and your characters are sound, the story will write itself.
Steven King has earned his name. KING
I hope he never dies
I could make 1000 extremely interesting in depth characters but cant write a word of story. Does anyone have any advice? How do you avoid "well thats just that story"?
In order to make a story, you must first know the key components that make up every story.
Genre- establish what kind of story you want it to be. Action adventure, horror, fantasy, syfi, etc.
Plot- establish what is going to happen from beginning middle to end.
Setting- establish where and when your story takes place.
Main character- establish who is the main character of your story and why.
Supporting characters - establish who are the supporting characters and why they play an important role in helping the main character.
Main conflict- establish who or what is the main villain/conflict and way.
Resolution- wrap it all up with an open or closed ending.
More in-depth process
Story Primise- Give a brief 2 to 4 sentence description of what's going to happen in your overall story.
Story Summary- Describe in further detail what's going happen in your story. This is where you include more details such as people's names, places and events.
Story Outline- Here you'll write out each chapter in as much detail as you can imagine.
Revisions- once everything has be completed go back and write it again to catch potential mistakes such as misspellings, plot holes, grammer issues etc.
Hope this helps!!!
@@Definingpersonality well thats the problem i already know and my mind turns any idea i have into a reductionism of "thats been done before" or whatever you know? Where is the line of something obviously having to have been done before vs unoriginality? Like a story about humans in a skyscraper having a shootout vs also a guy inna vent with a lighter like that would just be die hard and if its not its still too close to die hard to even make it. So at what point did it become too close to die hard or one of the other billions of stories that have been written. Bc i get to the point where if it has any more than a beginning middle and end i start second guessing the originality. Not even necessarily as plagiarism just "they did this theme better" or something. I wish i knew less about the story what makes a story so i could be free to write a good premise essentially then take it from there. My mind is like "we need an inciting incident" instead of "a wizard and a balrog fell out of the sky into a lake"
My approach is to sit down and relax. Try not to overthink. Allow your creativity to flow at its own pace. NOTHING in the artistic world is 100% original or 100% unoriginal. If you are a creative individual, you'll be able to convert rocks into diamonds over time. If you can't, then that may just mean you're in the wrong area of creativity. I thought I wanted to do animation going into college, but I quickly released after doing it that it wasn't for me. However, I still had a creative spark in me that eventually led me to comic book/ graphic noval art. I'm not saying this is you. I just wanted to give you another perspective, but if you feel that's your area, then keep grinding!!! Also, keep watching videos and reading books on how writers made their content.
@@Definingpersonality thats awesome! i often wonder of my characters belong in a comic book movie book or game lol either way i need story. Do you do independent comics or work for marvel or something?
I'm building up to self-publishing. I'm still doing the groundwork rn.
King is a genius! Seems improbable he ever has nightmares.
Where do you think his ideas come from?
😎😎😎😎😎Brilliant, always. 😊😊
Bob Lazar
You're right. They've both imagined aliens.
💙him📍
Long live the King…please…🥲
Love King. However I strongly disagree with his opinion about notebooks
My handwriting...'I NEED SPACE GOD DANG IT!! '😂😂😂
He looks better old than young.
I thought the same thing too. I wonder why this is?
@@RhymeandRamblings He lives considerably healthier now xD
Everybody struggles finding words
and a way to teach...talent. 😊
Gotcha machine nothing lol
its not the destinatin. its the jorny
Yes men it is indeed the *jorny*
jorny
@@Epicurus48 yt does not have an editor. How come youre state of disrespect is so high? Were you perhaps raised with a silver spoon up youre moulth? Reamember youre teeth brake more easally that way.
true, in the end the jorny is what you will remember most
Sounds like a mental thing.
But the movies are scary
He sounds like hes talking about sex.
When you find something you love to do and put that sexual energy into it...
Please keep in mind that he wrote a lot of his books while he was on drugs.
Did he really!?? 🥺
@@EboniFlowers Yes, he can't even remember writing Cujo because how high he was. He also had to stuff tissues up his nose so that blood wouldn't drip on the typewriter.
Snorting coke isn't going to make you a good writer.
It just loosens your inhibitions. Take me to your dealer......
@@thehangingparsiple5692 True but it also keeps you up and gives you a lot of energy. Which you would need to write so fast.
Am I the only one that thinks that he looks like a Dr Seuss character
😅😂
I am sorry but if jaoquin phoenix joker wasn't a psychopath killer then he would be this guy writing killer books
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Coke. He was also on coke. lol
Cujo and Tommy Knockers seem coke inspired
Jesus is my king . I love his imagination
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You're right Jesus had a great imagination, fabricating the idea of heaven.
He's a good writer, but he's not some perfect genius. dude still says and does some dumb shit like the rest of us.
Three fun facts about Stephen King: He's a great American writer with a great head of hair and the worst politics imaginable.
I remenber hearibg about when he was writting cujo he did so much cocaine that ge has to stuff tissue up his nose to stop blood going on the paper
Stephen king is Bob Lazar
They immortalized Steven Kings' worst advice about note books! Lol
Talent combined with luck, at what ration?
I’m sure the copious amount of cocaine helped a bit too
And ten kilos of coke
This man is a multimillionaire and he wears T-shirts that look like he buys at Goodwill! Mr King why do look homeless?
My father George D. Shelton never liked Stephen King. Reverend Bob Larson didn't like Stephen King either. The horror stories Stephen King wrote are all about demons. Even though Stephen King was better in the movie or TV series called The Stand. 😈 👿 😈
Easy, cocaine, now go write some books!
He's a huge liberal