Posts Tagged: Stephen King

First Lines: Firestarter

As the result of a secret government experiment gone FUBAR, Andy McGee gained some limited psychic powers. When a few years later his daughter Charlie is born, it becomes very clear that she got an even bigger ‘gift’. She is able to start fires. Of course, the same government agency who did the tests, The… Read more »

First Lines: Cujo

The best synopsis of Stephen King’s novel Cujo can be found in one of his other books, On Writing. While explaining that writers should forget plot, but remember the importance of ‘situation’, he writes that A strong enough situation renders the whole question of plot moot. The most interesting situations can usually be expressed as… Read more »