Why did Stephen King get the title "King of Horror"? How did he become a millionaire with millions of copies and world literature's most-screened author? What is the secret of his phenomenal writing performance? After all, what can we learn from King?
Rostyslav Semkiv tells the most interesting details from the writer's life and shares the history and laws of horror. The author analyzes King's creative techniques, writing principles, and marketing moves that others should use.
In one book, King's practical advice in his On Writing, Danse Macabre and other texts, and the creative tools that "the King" kept quiet about, but they definitely work.
The book will be useful for novice authors, king-lovers, and anyone interested in the backstory of the literary process.
Rostyslav Semkiv is a literary critic, critic, translator, publicist, and publisher. Author of How the Classics Wrote and How to Read the Classics. Director of Smoloskyp publishing house. Associate Professor of the Department of Literary Studies of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy". Lecturer LITOSVITA. Interned at Harvard University. Member of the Ukrainian PEN Club. TV presenter of the programs "BiblioFun" and "Lecture. Literature" on the UA channel: Culture of Public Television.
In different years, he was a member of the jury of many literary awards ("BBC Book of the Year", "Coronation of the Word", "LitAccent of the Year", the National Award of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko, etc.).
