Stephen King vs. Peter Straub?

[dwalters]

I'm reading The Talisman for the second time right now, and I'm just curious how the two authors divided up the work. Did they take turns writing a short section and setting the other one up? Did they both write their own version of a particular chapter and then pick and chose what they wanted to keep and what to let go? Was it a purely collaborative effort that they actually wrote together at the same time? There are some sections that have a very definite SK feel to them, but they blend in so flawlessly with the story as a whole that it's hard for me to tell where one ends and the other begins.

[Moderator]

Before beginning with The Talisman and Black House, Steve and Peter discussed plot ideas in general terms. When it came time to write the books, each of them would take turns, one writing a section and then handing it off to the other when it felt like that was the place for their part to stop, continuing in this fashion until the books were done.

[dwalters]

Interesting. Thanks for the insight!

[B4victorycomestemptation]

u know its been ahile since I read this but I remember at times I thought I felt the story shift away from Stephen King. I would love to know more about which parts belong to whom.

[Jaedpact]

I suppose it's a bit like wanting to know which songs were written by Paul and which by John, I have always believed that the combined efforts made created greatness.