Johnathan+Hundertmark

​Thesis Statement: stephen king has been a succesful author through his numerous writings because he has sold many books, wrote successful series, and recieved various awards I. sold many books A. over 350 million writings sold 1. he has published and sold: short storys, novels, and movies 2. he's been selling published writing since 1979 B. pen-names 1. he's sold 7 popular books under the pen name Richard Bachman 2. he published a short story under the name John Swithen

II. wrote succesful series A. The Dark Towers series 1. a 7 books long interconnecting series 2. king rewrote the series into comic form with marvel comics and over 200,000 copies were sold in the first month of releasment B. television series 1. has had 4 television series, currently has a series that airs on the sci-fi channel 2. one of the more succesful series was 'Kingdom Hospital" in 2004 which was based on Lars Von Trier's The Kingdom

III. recieved various awards A. recieved many awards for books in the horror genre 1. recieved the locus award 6 times 2. recieved the international horror guild award in 1999 for The Storm of The Century B. recieved other misc awards 1. Stephen King recieved the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation 2. was also awarded the American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults

notes [] king, stephen. "answers.com." //http://www.answers.com/topic/stephen-king//. answers.com, 8/15/08. Web. 30 Apr 2010. .
 * 1) sold over 350,000 million coppies
 * 2) makes atleast 1 novel a year
 * 3) books have a combination of horror, fantasy, and science fiction
 * 4) many novels have been addapted into different languages
 * 5) writing has alot of detail and realistic settings, and problems that can relate to average people
 * 6) has supernatural themes in his book
 * 7) sometimes bases his books off older famous books, such as dracula
 * 8) has a bachelor of arts degree in english
 * 9) wrote the famous horror movie and book It
 * 10) writes many horror books
 * 11) still writes like he was when he was young. uses alot of detail and masters horror
 * 12) life influences his work
 * 13) writes his books about self experiences, such as car accidents
 * 14) many of his books are considered horror classics
 * 15) because kings horror is more physcological then physically depicted it is good for teenaged readers
 * 16) is a member of the: Authors Guild, Authors League of America, Screen Artists Guild, Screen Writers of America, Writers Guild
 * 17) influenced by edgar allen poe
 * 18) retired in 2002
 * 19) wrote a final book about how to write well, a writing manual.
 * 20) writes 6 pages every day

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king, stephen. "imbd.com." //http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175///. imbd.com, 4/23/09. Web. 30 Apr 2010. []. [| http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/k/stephen_king/index.html] king, stephen. "how to write, what is he trying to prove." //ny times// 7/25/08: na. Web. 2 May 2010. .
 * 1) nominated for a USC Scripter Award for The Green Mile
 * 2) won a Best Screenplay award for Sleepwalkers
 * 3) based his book Stand By Me on his childhood
 * 4) started writings in news papers with his brother
 * 5) made his first published appearance in 1965
 * 6) first book he wrote was rejected by random house
 * 7) got a writing scholarship to the university of maine
 * 8) Stephen King recieved the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation
 * 9) got a $400,000 contract for his first published book, carrie
 * 10) The movie The Shining was adapted from his book in 1977
 * 11) is going blind due to macular degeneration
 * 12) makes an average yearly salary of 40 million
 * 13) he's sold 7 popular books under the pen name Richard Bachman
 * 14) wrote a 304 page novel that got published in only 10 days
 * 15) has the world record for most number of adaptions from book to media then any single person
 * 16) has been nominated for 2 emmys
 * 17) has written 116 items
 * 18) produced 9 movies
 * 19) acted in 7 of his movies
 * 20) won a USC Scripter Award for the shawshank redemption
 * 1) writes in any conditions
 * 2) teachers dissaproved of his writings
 * 3) based his stories on his childhood
 * 4) writes dark themed litterature
 * 5) is normally praised by critics
 * 6) wrote a book about how to write books
 * 7) is interesting to people of all ages
 * 8) the amount of years of experience makes his writings unique
 * 9) writes about many different topics
 * 10) has a creative mind
 * 11) says reading many books helps you write good
 * 12) doesnt like using adverbs in writing
 * 13) prefers using says or said instead of more fancy terms
 * 14) is part of a elite best selling authors group
 * 15) has 30 bestselling books
 * 16) tries to be the best writer so he can get to #1
 * 17) 20 new york times best-sellers
 * 18) fhas worked with manyt different publishsers
 * 19) gets a $2 million advance on every book
 * 20) uses to be continued in some novels

[] king, stephen. "stepehn king awards." //stephen kings official website-awards//. long road inc, 4/31/10. Web. 2 May 2010. .
 * 1) won an alex award in 2009 for Just After Sunset
 * 2) nominated for 10 balrog awards
 * 3) won 1 balrog award his novel The Stand
 * 4) won the Dark Genre Novel of the Year award by Reader's Choice in 2009 for dumas key
 * 5) nominated for 12 british fantasy awards
 * 6) won 5 britsh fantasy awards
 * 7) won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the canadian booksellers association
 * 8) won the best international novel award 7 times
 * 9) nominated for the international author of the year
 * 10) won 6 awards from the horror guild
 * 11) nominated for many bram stroker awards from 87 to 09
 * 12) nominated for 12 International Horror Guild Awards
 * 13) recieved 2 American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults awards for Firestarter and Salems Lot
 * 14) nominated for over 20 locus awards
 * 15) titled the World Horror Grandmaster in 92'
 * 16) nominated for 19 world fantasy awards
 * 17) recieved the Alumni Career Award from his college The University of Maine
 * 18) titled the best fiction writer of the year by US Magzine in 1982
 * 19) nominated for around 200 awards
 * 20) Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters