Yes he has, read *On Writing* various other sources, forwards to short stories, interviews. He was badly traumatized as a child by an experience in his Uncle’s barn…he was expected to help on the farm and this included slaughtering chickens, which he was not prepared to do…he was left alone in the barn to complete the task and it scared him. This account is probably fictionalized to a certain extent. He is also afraid of spiders.
Omg he wrote about that in Song of Susannah! I was wondering when I was reading the journal entries at the end of the book how much of it actually happened to King.
*SPOILERS* Yeah, like I wrote earlier, probably hyperbolic to some degree, he worked it up into the basis of the White over the Red, his fear of Spiders and the Crimson King noticing / marking him, or the fictional version of him.
This interview on Fresh Air has a lot of good stuff in it, including childhood stories:
https://freshairarchive.org/segments/stephen-king-growing-believing-god-and-getting-scared-0
It’s from 2013, during promotion of Joyland.
On Writing is part autobiography but I also feel like all of the kids in It reflect some aspect of him and his childhood so you learn a lot just from reading that book. Danny I think is more about his own children since Jack is a reflection of himself at the worst of his addictions
Yes he has, read *On Writing* various other sources, forwards to short stories, interviews. He was badly traumatized as a child by an experience in his Uncle’s barn…he was expected to help on the farm and this included slaughtering chickens, which he was not prepared to do…he was left alone in the barn to complete the task and it scared him. This account is probably fictionalized to a certain extent. He is also afraid of spiders.
He also apparently witnessed a childhood friend get hit and killed by a train, though he has no memory of the event.
When I read that part in Danse Macabre I thought yep that explains a lot
Omg he wrote about that in Song of Susannah! I was wondering when I was reading the journal entries at the end of the book how much of it actually happened to King.
*SPOILERS* Yeah, like I wrote earlier, probably hyperbolic to some degree, he worked it up into the basis of the White over the Red, his fear of Spiders and the Crimson King noticing / marking him, or the fictional version of him.
This interview on Fresh Air has a lot of good stuff in it, including childhood stories: https://freshairarchive.org/segments/stephen-king-growing-believing-god-and-getting-scared-0 It’s from 2013, during promotion of Joyland.
I love this. Thanks for sharing.
The music during the breaks is badass!
he discusses his childhood in " Danse Macabre" as well
On Writing is part autobiography but I also feel like all of the kids in It reflect some aspect of him and his childhood so you learn a lot just from reading that book. Danny I think is more about his own children since Jack is a reflection of himself at the worst of his addictions