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Stephen Edwin King, a.k.a. "The King of Terror", is one of today's most popular and best-selling writers and is an immensely popular, horror-fiction author. King's great success as an author is not without cause however. Many elements in King's writing style and method differentiate him from the crowd and crowns him "The King of Terror".Stephen, his brother, and mother moved quite frequently when he was a child. When he was seven years old, they moved to Stratford, Connecticut, where Stephen got his first look at horror from listening to "Mars is Heaven!" over a radio. His writings have been greatly influenced by his exposure tot he storytelling over the radio. He writes in a way so that when readers read through his work, they have a visual experience over what is going on, much the same way in which radio storytelling was done. That same year Stephen w
Such influences affect how King writes, and, therefore, are some of the best reasons for his outstanding success. They also are the roots of his unique writing style, which ultimately crowns him "The King of Terror". King's education also plays a great role in the style in which he writes. King attended grammar school in Durham, Maine, and then went on to Lisbon Falls High School. After King graduated in 1966 He went on to the University of Maine at Orono. While in his sophomore year he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, The Maine Campus. Also while he was in college he played an active role in student politics as a member of the Student Senate. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, with a B.S. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. "Since [the movie], I still see things cinematically. I write dow
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