{"id":188,"date":"2004-11-20T21:18:12","date_gmt":"2004-11-20T19:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/archives\/2004\/11\/20\/king-of-brackets-and-paragraphs"},"modified":"2010-08-12T02:00:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T23:00:46","slug":"king-of-brackets-and-paragraphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/2004\/11\/20\/king-of-brackets-and-paragraphs","title":{"rendered":"King of brackets and paragraphs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just love it how Stephen King sometimes refers to himself in his work (my emphasis)<\/p>\n

Frank’s niece, Bobbi Anderson, lived on the Garrick place now — not that she farmed, of course; she wrote books. (…)<\/abbr> Also, she wrote good old western stories that you could really sink your teeth into, not all full of make-believe monsters and a bunch of dirty words, like the books that fellow who lived up Bangor way wrote.<\/i> Goddam good westerns, people said.
\n— The Tommyknockers by Stephen King<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

King also uses a lot of brackets and short paragrahps<\/p>\n

\n

2<\/p>\n

(…)<\/abbr>
\n‘Relax,’ Newt said, and Dick nodded. ‘No one is going to connect the disappearance of a four-year-old boy who prob’ly just wandered off into the woods or got picked up and driven away by a sex pervert with the disappearance of two big strong State Bears. Right, Dick?’
\n   ‘As rain.’<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Wrong.<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

(…)<\/abbr>
\n— The Tommyknockers by Stephen King<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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