Discussion on Writing with Stephen King

Apr 4, 2008

Library of Congress | Center for the Book PEN/Faulkner Foundation | Writers in Schools

Authors Stephen, Tabitha, and Owen King discussed their writing with Washington, D.C., area high school students. After all the authors read from their works they took questions from the students. Tabitha King read from Candles Burning, a book started by the late Michael McDowell. Owen King read from a short story about a meerkat .. Read More
Authors Stephen, Tabitha, and Owen King discussed their writing with Washington, D.C., area high school students. After all the authors read from their works they took questions from the students. Tabitha King read from Candles Burning, a book started by the late Michael McDowell. Owen King read from a short story about a meerkat superhero. Stephen King read from a novel in progress to be called Under the Dome. This event was sponsored by PEN/Faulkner's "Writers in Schools" program and the Center for the Book and took place at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:09 Guest THANK YOU. AUTHORS STEVAN, TABITHA AND A WHEN KING DISCUSS THEIR RIDINGS WITH WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA...
00:00:31 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE AND WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. I MET SOME OF OF...
00:04:57 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU? WELCOME TO THE THREE KINGS READING. ALL WAS UP THE PEN FAULKNER...
00:05:33 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ALSO TO THE SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS WHO JOINED AS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS MORNING. WE ARE GLAD...
00:09:46 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND THANKS FOR THE MIZE INTRODUCTION. I GUESS THIS IS WORKING, I'M GOING...
00:43:10 Unidentified Speaker I GUESS I DO NEED THIS MICROPHONE. IT PUT ON WIRELESS MICROPHONES. BUT I'M STUCK AT THIS PODIUM. THIS...
00:53:49 Unidentified Speaker NEGATIVE CLIFFORD FROM CARDOZA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STEPHEN KING. I WANTED...
00:54:10 Unidentified Speaker WHY MY WRITINGS ARE SO GRUESOME AND BLOODY. I HAVE NO IDEA. [LAUGHTER] IN SOME WAYS I'M A PRODUCT...
00:55:22 Unidentified Speaker CALLOW. HELLO. I'LL WANT TO ASK MS. KING WHY DO YOU THINK YOUR CHOSEN TO COMPLETE -- TO COMPLETE...
00:55:46 Unidentified Speaker MICHAEL OWED THE PUBLISHER MONEY SO THEY WANTED TO FINISH THE MANUSCRIPT TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK....
00:57:55 Unidentified Speaker I TRIED TO THINK OF THE THINGS THAT FRIGHTEN ME WHEN I WAS A KID. CLUBS OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT...
00:59:17 Unidentified Speaker HELLO. I AM AN HUDSON AND I AM ONE OF THE ADULTS WHO IS EXCITED TO BE HERE. I AM CHAIR OF THE D.C....
00:59:57 Unidentified Speaker IT IS NOT LIKE ACTING. IT IS NOT LIKE -- ACTORS HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH DROPPING THE CHARACTER...
01:01:24 Unidentified Speaker I THINK FOR ME, I WORK SO HARD TO WRITE THE PIECE THAT IT TAKES SO LONG AND BY THE TIME I AM DONE...
01:02:08 Unidentified Speaker THE BAD GUY IN THE BOOK, THE CHIEF, THE HEAD BAD GUY, THE HEAD VILLAIN. HOW MY GOING TO PUT THIS?...
01:04:17 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, I'LL BET YOU ANYTHING THAT WHEN YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT CHARACTERS IN THE DOME, YOU STARTED,...
01:04:59 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN THAT ANY WAY. WAS THERE A POINT WHERE THEY CAN START BEING.
01:05:12 Unidentified Speaker PAGE ONE. IOTA EVERY CHARACTER IN THE STORY AND I KILLED PEOPLE LAUGH AND I ELIMINATED CHARACTERS...
01:07:07 Unidentified Speaker I LITERALLY DID THAT IN THE STAND. I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I FELT LIKE I COULD NOT THE ONE. THERE...
01:07:47 Unidentified Speaker THAT PARTICULAR MANUSCRIPT WAS LIKE THIS HIGH. I DROPPED IT DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. HE MADE ME TAKE...
01:08:06 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION FOR YOUR READERS? WHAT ARE YOUR CONTEND FOUR-YEAR ...
01:08:19 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T HAVE ONE. [LAUGHTER] I WRITE FOR ME, AND THAT MAY EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABOUT THESE TRAJECTORY...
01:09:29 Unidentified Speaker IT HAS BEEN RECYCLE THAT ER.
01:09:31 Unidentified Speaker IN THE '60S, '70S, THERE WAS A SERIES CALLED EMERGENCY WHERE THESE TWO GUYS, WHO WERE EMERGENCY TECHNICIANS...
01:11:28 Unidentified Speaker MY WIFE IS A NOVELIST. SHE SAID SOMETHING TO ME ONCE THAT STRUCK ME AS BEING INCREDIBLY TRUE, WHICH...
01:12:56 Unidentified Speaker I STILL DO IDOLIZED FRANK NORRIS, THE NOVELIST POU WROTE MCTIGUE AND THE GRAIN BELT NOVELS. HE SAID,...
01:13:51 Unidentified Speaker HELLO, MY NAME IS ASHLEY IN MY QUESTION IS FOR ZERO AND KING WHAT KIND OF IMPACT HAS BEEN THE SON...
01:14:09 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT I THINK ONE THING A LOT OF WRITERS REALLY STRUGGLE WITH IS THE IDEA...
01:15:35 Unidentified Speaker WHEN HE SHOWED ME SOMETHING HE HAD WRITTEN, I WOULD TIER IT APART.
01:15:42 Unidentified Speaker I WASN'T IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ACTUALLY LIKE SEVEN. IT WAS A STORY ABOUT MY TRACKS. SHE REDINGTON...
01:16:32 Unidentified Speaker LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT. HE WAS MY THIRD BABY AND THEY BOTH KILLED ME, RIGHT? AND I HAVE TOLD HIM...
01:16:52 Unidentified Speaker I THINK READING IS THE BIG THING. WHEN I WAS A KID, I READ A LOT BECAUSE MY PARENTS HAD BOOKS.
01:17:01 Unidentified Speaker BY THE WAY THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN DO BETTER FOR YOUR OWN CHILDREN THAN TO READ FROM THEM --...
01:18:07 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELVES IS TO READ AND WHAT TABBY SAYS THE BILL BEING READ...
01:20:25 Unidentified Speaker LET'S TAKE A QUESTION ON THIS SIDE FROM TINA.
01:20:29 Unidentified Speaker HI MR. KING. I AM HERE WITH -- IN SEVERAL OF YOUR BOOKS YOU HAVE CHARACTERS OR THEMES THAT KIND OF...
01:21:00 Unidentified Speaker FOR A LONG TIME IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE A LOT OF THE STORIES WERE INTERRELATED AND THAT THE DARK POWER...
01:22:02 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU WRITE AS MUCH AS STEVE DOES, YOU ARE BOUND TO GET MATCHED UP TOGETHER IN A WAY, SORT OF LIKE...
01:22:17 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF BOOKS SAID IN THE SAME TOWN AND THAT WAS THE CASE OF YOUR WRITING ONE BUCK ANY...
01:22:29 Unidentified Speaker TABBY HAS A -- IT IS LIKE MEETING OLD FRIENDS.
01:22:39 Unidentified Speaker I WONDERED, A QUESTION FOR OWEN KING. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT AGE YOU WERE WHEN YOU STARTED READING...
01:22:48 Unidentified Speaker PRETTY YOUNG. THEY WERE ALWAYS AROUND YOU KNOW ,.
01:23:04 Unidentified Speaker YOU READ, KNOCKERS.
01:23:07 Unidentified Speaker I WAS REALLY YOUNG, I WAS LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT.
01:23:11 Unidentified Speaker I ROAD TO E ONE YOUNG BOOK WITH THEIR DAUGHTER NAOMI WHO IS A LOVELY PERSON. SHE ENJOYED ALL OF THOSE...
01:23:44 Unidentified Speaker A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A PREJUDICE AGAINST THE ACTION BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS NOT TRUE, BUT I USED TO...
01:26:03 Unidentified Speaker READ STORIES, READ FICTION. TO ME THE GREAT PLEASURE OF FICTION, I MENTIONED THE WIRE BEFORE. THE...
01:27:17 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. KING. DID YOU THINK YOUR BOOKS WOULD BE LIKE THE...
01:27:30 Unidentified Speaker THE STANDARD FOR THE GENRE?
01:27:32 Unidentified Speaker NO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA. I STILL DON'T. I AM JUST HAVING FUN.
01:27:39 Unidentified Speaker OVER TO THE RIGHT.
01:27:44 Unidentified Speaker I WANTED TO KNOW FOR MR. KING , WHY WERE JANICE AND JUDY CHOSEN TO DO THE DIRTY WORK?
01:27:53 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE THEY WERE MANIPULATING. THEY WERE PEOPLE WITH INTERNAL STRENGTH TO RESIST THE MANIPULATIONS...
01:28:44 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW WE ARE FASCINATING BUT THERE COMES A POINT.
01:28:53 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS JASMINE AND I AM FROM CORDOZA HIGH SCHOOL. THIS QUESTION IS FOR ALL THREE KINGS. DO YOU...
01:29:06 Unidentified Speaker IT IS DEVASTATING.
01:29:09 Unidentified Speaker I HATE IT. I CAN GET 12 REVIEWS THAT SAY A BOOK IS GOOD AND THEN ONE, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY THE...
01:29:29 Unidentified Speaker IT IS PRETTY DEPRESSING BUT IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE WAY, IT IS THE KIND OF THE WAY THIS PHRASE. ...
01:30:05 Unidentified Speaker IT IS HUMAN NATURE TO REMEMBER CRITICISM MORE EASILY THAN PRAISE. THAT IS JUST REALITY. IT HURTS...
01:30:57 Unidentified Speaker ALSO, YOU NEVER THINK THAT WHAT YOU WROTE WAS PERFECT.
01:31:03 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW THE IMPERFECTION.
01:31:04 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PERFECT ABOUT IT SO IF YOU READ A REVIEW IS NOT THAT BIG DEAL...
01:31:26 Unidentified Speaker DON'T BUY THIS BOOK, DON'T DROP IT ON YOUR FOOT, THAT KIND OF THING.
01:31:30 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS OVER HERE.
01:31:34 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS COULD TASHA AND I MCGINN TEN-YEAR AT CORDOZA. MY QUESTION IS FOR ALL FREE. ARE ANY OF YOUR...
01:31:55 Unidentified Speaker ARE ANY OF THE BOOKS BASED ON NIGHTMARES OR DREAMS OR FANTASIES I GUESS. I AM NOT SURE I SHOULD EVEN...
01:33:51 Unidentified Speaker TABBY WAS SAYING, AND THIS IS TRUE, THE THING ABOUT USING THAT SAME MUSCLE, I DREAM A LOT MORE IN...
01:34:54 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE RIGHT REALLY CONSCIOUSLY. I SEE SOMETHING OR HEAR SOMETHING OR READ SOMETHING IN THAT...
01:35:14 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO -- THIS IS FOR ALL THREE, HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TELL...
01:35:39 Unidentified Speaker NO, I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE I NEVER FELT THAT WAY, BUT ALSO WHAT SORT OF COMES BACK, ONE OF THE THINGS...
01:36:44 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE HAVE ALWAYS APPROACHED IT IN A SUPPORTIVE WAY. IF WE SEE A FLAW, WE TRY TO SAY IT IN A...
01:37:28 Unidentified Speaker SHE DOES. I AM NOT GOOD AT CRITIQUING. I HAVE DONE BOOK REVIEW'S MYSELF. I AM ASKED SOMETIMES TO...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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