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In response to
"LIR - someone needs to ask Stephen King if he has ever heard the phrase " go out while on top -- nm"
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Epiphany
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My big beef isn't with his ideas, but the lack of editing his books undergo. Calling him verbose doesn't quite cover
Posted by
TWuG
Apr 8 '11, 11:55
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the extent of his wordiness.
He a JK Rowling both have diarrhea of the pen.
I re-read The Stand when it was reissued and "updated" for its 10 th anniversary. They went through and changed dates to make it "current" but no-one bothered to check to see if cultural references were still relevant. The big one I remember was the main character buying a brand new Datsun from the dealer when the Datsun name had been Nissan for nearly 8 years at that point.
Editing is a vital necessity, especially when writers get successful.
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