Stephen King discussion

[MadMan]

Are you guys for real?

I miss when writing good characters was about actually writing good, interesting characterization and not checking squares to apply for a form of vomit-inducing political correctness.

Really, dude? Really? Crying about political correctness is the last thing I expected from you.

[Pop Trash]

Really, dude? Really? Crying about political correctness is the last thing I expected from you.

It's fair. I get tired of it too, esp. when it comes to art (lit, films, stand-up, whatever) because it forces the artist to water down or change their art to fit some kind of societal paradigm.

SK is a horror writer and deals with real world horrors of abuse and abusers. I'd say some well written female characters are Carrie White, Annie in Misery, Jessie in Gerald's Game, and Dolores Claiborne. Ultimately, like a lot of male writers, I think female characters are a bit of a blindspot. This isn't really unique to SK.