So what got Ceceri interested in King? Her kids! She says she and her kids listen to a lot of Stephen King! "By now, we’ve listened to so many that we have started to become scholarly experts on the short fiction of Stephen King."
Here is a summery of her critique of King's writing:
- King is both kid and adult friendly. Not too flowery and easy to understand.
- He paces his stories.
- King's early works are examples of "pulp fiction."
- His stories are beginning to get excessively long. Or, as Ceceri puts it -- "flabby." This is funny, and relates to the pacing, "If you’re sitting in the car listening to them (and hence can’t easily skip ahead), it’s like being stuck in traffic when you can see your destination up ahead." Of course, she raises the question -- does anyone still edit Stephen King? The short answer is: Yes.
- His dialogue is always a little off (not "convincing"). She ponders if this could be purposeful.
The article is HERE.
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