http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/07/mr-king%e2%80%99s-shortcut-evolution-gossip-and-character/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mr-king%25e2%2580%2599s-shortcut-evolution-gossip-and-character From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/07/mr-king%e2%80%99s-shortcut-evolution-gossip-and-character/comment-page-1/#comment-10945 occasional fish » Wednesday various Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:34:55 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3852#comment-10945 [...] an interesting — albeit pretty spoiler-filled — post on gossip and character in the writing of Stephen King over at Fantasy Magazine’s [...] [...] an interesting — albeit pretty spoiler-filled — post on gossip and character in the writing of Stephen King over at Fantasy Magazine’s [...]

]]> http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/07/mr-king%e2%80%99s-shortcut-evolution-gossip-and-character/comment-page-1/#comment-10909 Jonathan Rock Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:00:23 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3852#comment-10909 Excellent! I read this just after blog posting about <a href="http://jonathanerock.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/throw-some-jerks-in-your-fiction/" rel="nofollow">how Stephen King and John Scalzi use jerks in their fiction.</a> It seems that each delights especially in gossiping about the selfish baboons. Stephen King uses his abundant jerks to raise tension even in the scenes between monster chases. Besides, gossip about the jerks is juicier than the gossip about the Dufresne's of the world, no? Excellent! I read this just after blog posting about how Stephen King and John Scalzi use jerks in their fiction. It seems that each delights especially in gossiping about the selfish baboons. Stephen King uses his abundant jerks to raise tension even in the scenes between monster chases. Besides, gossip about the jerks is juicier than the gossip about the Dufresne’s of the world, no?

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