Though King was relieved to find a publisher for Carrie, the hardcover version of the book sold just 13,000 copies-which was a respectable number for a first novel, but not necessarily the beginnings of a major literary sensation. Carrie, which arrived in bookstores in 1974, launched King’s career. After dozens of rejections, he finally found interest at Doubleday Publishing. His wife, Tabitha, retrieved them and encouraged him to finish the story. King was disappointed with the first few pages of the manuscript, however, and literally tossed them in the trash.
One of his first attempts at a novel was Carrie, about a young woman who finds she possesses telekinetic powers-a handy trait when school bullies push her too far. King’s wife fished Carrie out of the garbage.Īfter attending the University of Maine, King became an English teacher and wrote in his spare time. Using a mimeograph machine, he sold copies of his work for 25 cents to his classmates, a foreshadowing of the success to come. King was a movie buff growing up, and was prone to running home to write stories based on the Roger Corman movies he had just seen-effectively, novelizations. He sold copies of his stories in high school. “Years later,” King wrote, “my mother told me they had picked up the pieces in a wicker basket.” 2. King returned home alone his friend had been run over by the train. Though he doesn’t remember the incident himself, he was told by his mother later in life that he once went out with a friend to play by some railroad tracks. But one possible explanation may have come when King was just 4 years old.
Where does King’s darkness spring from? The author has never really bothered to analyze it, as he believes writers are the product of conscious will and not inciting incidents.
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