Insomnia Sucks

[blunthead]

...Wordiness is a SK fault which you must get used to...

Which words should go?

[Owen Lee Smee]

I could start with the Pun " I lost a lot of sleep whilst reading this book" (and that's the truth) .. Ive been a insomnia-cal maniac for many a year maybe that's why this story appeal to me so much from the very start. Bed is my enemy i hate the journey towards it and i know ill feel worse when i travel back.

For the life of me why anyone would join a site like this and maintain hes a fan of the KING and then attack one of his books in such a manner is beyond me any how. Yes i feel we all have our favorites in his great collection and maybe lesser so liked ones as well.

But have you ever purchased an album by your favorite group and listened to every single track the same amount ?? For myself i
find Carrie is one of his weaker stories i wouldn't slate it though as every book one creates is a lesson learnt in improvement the craft and i feel not only has he learnt the trade well but he has now surpassed all others but the literal version of light years.

I can understand if you suffer from Insomnia yourself and mistakenly purchased this book thinking it may be a cure then you would be disappointed as it drew me in and several other people i know to the point of cant go to sleep yet just another few pages to read then after several more hours thinking heck there's no point going to sleep now the alarm will go off soon. Another fantastic part of it is like many other of his stories it stands alone as a great best seller but was also a part a building block of something much much bigger, and introduces some cast members of his greatest work to-date.

All hail SK the greatest Word Sling-er this worlds ever known

I like the word / disease "Wordiness" i don't how ever feel SK suffers from it at all as I've never like closing Any of his books at the end and wanted the DT series to continue forever (possibly why I've read the collection so many times now)

[bluesology]

I remember a while back - Kevin Costner was being interviewed and was asked about the fact that he had just released another of a series of very lengthy films. His response was something to the effect of comparing a movie to a great meal and that he was the kind of viewer who wanted to be fed. I feel the same way about these books. If you love the writing, it makes no difference how long or wordy it gets.

[prufrock21]

Which words should go?

Superfluous. In the case of SK and other professional writers, anything superfluous has already gone into the trash can.
And in one case, at least, something that went into the trash can was rescued by Tabitha King (in which case, it wasn't superfluous.) And happy are we.

[CarrieJo]

I'm not sure I would ever be able to say that ANYTHING that ANY successful writer (who actually made it on his/her skill, not necessarily a fad) sucks. Obviously if it isn't my cup of tea, it isn't my cup of tea. But writing is usually something that you really have to be good at if you're going to be able to make a career out of it. So I would never say that something from the likes of Stephen King and others (even if I'm not a fan) sucks. I find it disrespectful.

With that said, I loved Insomnia. Ralph Roberts is one of my favorite King characters. I had a big smile of my face when he showed up in the coffee shop (?) in Bag of Bones and chatted with Mike Noonan .