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Stephen King is an American writer, screenwriter and author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", his books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman. He has also written approximately 200 short stories. Many of his short stories and books were adapted into movies like The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, It, The Stand, The Shining, Carrie, Misery, Stand by Me, Pet Sematary,...

Stephen King's formula for learning to write well is: "Read and write four to six hours a day. If you cannot find the time for that, you can't expect to become a good writer." He sets out each day with a quota of 2000 words and will not stop writing until it is met.

01. Write something that’s forbidden. Say things that others won’t say.

02. Writing is like building a campfire; one by one, your characters must come out of the woods to help add onto the fire, onto the story.

03. Keep your imagination young.

04. Recognize the difference between horror and suspense.

05. To find your story, always keep your radar for finding ideas on and let them come to you.

06. Begin with an idea from your life, then ask yourself “what if”.

07. Write simple, visual stories with high conflict if you want your work to be adapted into a film.

08. After you’ve finished your book or screenplay, let it marinate for some time, then come back to it.

09. If you keep getting rejected, get a bigger nail for your rejection slips.

10. Follow characters and situations and see where they go, instead of resorting to plot.

11. Start with forcing yourself to write sentence by sentence, until you get into a flow state.

12. Stop putting off reading and writing.

13. Good ideas will stay with you, so write down all your ideas to get rid of the bad ones.

14. Writing can be learned but it can’t be taught. You learn it yourself.

15. Writing is self-hypnosis.

16. Sometimes writing short ideas will lead into creating longer stories.

17. Get your rest to come back with a refreshed mind.

18. Learn to write for different mediums.

19. Choose to write stories that you would like to live with for a while.

20. Get immersed in your writing process until the outside world is gone.

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