Stephen King, the King of American Horror Novels

Stephen King’s novels have become popular around the world and he is known as the King of American Horror Novels. These achievements are also hard-won for him. He was born in poverty, and his father abandoned the family and ran away from home when he was young, leaving the family without a pillar to rely on.

After Stephen King graduated, he became a teacher with a meager income. In order to make up for his salary, To support his family, he began to write some strange novels about ghosts and ghosts. When he was a child, he read a large number of horror novels collected by his father, which laid a good foundation for his future creation. In the early days of creation, his novels were submitted to some popular and interesting novels. Magic Story Magazine, after adoption, the fee for each article is 35 US dollars. It is difficult to support his family, and he is an alcoholic, and the family is living in poverty. For this reason, he stays up all night, and the anger in his heart can only be vented when he rushes to the typewriter to write horror stories. But he couldn't afford manuscript paper, so he could only type the words on the back of the milk invoice. When Stephen was taking a creative writing class at school, the professor told him that writing must be a habit. Even if his literary imagination is exhausted, he must sit in front of the typewriter every day and force himself to write A few pages. So, after graduation, he kept following the professor's instructions, which kept him from running out of ideas for writing. He had to type out five to ten pages every day. Except for National Day, Christmas, and birthdays every year, he would write on other days. He was writing all the time, and the first thing he did after getting up every morning was to sit at the table and write.

When he wrote his first novel "Carrie", he was so poor that he couldn't even pay his phone bill. Since then, the phone company has cut off the line.

Later, the book was accepted by Sojitz Book Company, and the advance payment did not exceed US$2,500. Unexpectedly, the sales volume of the hardcover version was very good after publication, and the paperback copyright alone sold 400,000 US dollars. US dollars. Stephen said: "I suddenly understood that I no longer had to work for a living."

Seventeen years later, he became the highest-paid writer in the United States. His name became a trademark, and he became a trademark for American Connect Travel Agency, etc. The company advertised and was featured on the cover of Time magazine, and the impact was beneficial to his private company, which was managed by his lawyer and had an annual revenue of $100 million.

At the age of 32, Stephen had become one of the richest writers in the world. He could live a comfortable life. Even because he didn't like listening to the disco music on his hometown radio station, he simply bought the radio station and played it as he pleased. Listening to swing music.

In recent years, the publisher's contract with Stephen has paid $8 million to $10 million per novel, and these books are still in his head.