this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
943 points (98.5% liked)
Political Memes
8911 readers
2952 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The thing is you're kinda right. He writes shitty stories, but great characters. He's all about letting the characters evolve and explore the story to create the story.
The actual story? Not well thought out and riddled with inaccuracies.
This is why his books translate so well to the big and small screen.
But usually don't have satisfying conclusions
Yup, exactly. That's why his stories are generally pretty weak. He doesn't think about the outline or the ending at all.
He's said on multiple occasions that he mostly just has an idea for a story, writes some characters, and in the process of developing the characters, he develops the story.
So the story is a tertiary device in his writing, the characters are the primary.
Which is why it works well when adapted for use with actors on the screen. You connect with them more easily, and the story isn't generally as important in the beginning as a good cast and dialog.
See: The Stand.