Stephen King's dumbest trope

[Chief]

The thing he does where someone goes through a shocking experience and their hair turns white.

Yours? We will run a poll when all comments are in.

 

[raskolnikov]

Every story being set in Maine. The most dangerous place in the world after Mount Thomas.

 

[Mofra]

The thing he does where someone goes through a shocking experience and their hair turns white.

 

[Nothing]

Every story being set in Maine. The most dangerous place in the world after Mount Thomas.

Have you been to Maine?

 

[raskolnikov]

Have you been to Maine?

I've been to Vermont. Does that count?

 

[the fly]

I've been to Vermont. Does that count?

It's no Vermont South.

 

[HairyO]

Every story being set in Maine. The most dangerous place in the world after Mount Thomas.

Cabot Cove is the most dangerous place on the planet.

 

[Andre]

Not the dumbest trope, but the dumbest thing in his books was inserting himself as a character in The Dark Tower series. Ruined what was up to that point his best work.

 

[HairyO]

Not the dumbest trope, but the dumbest thing in his books was inserting himself as a character in The Dark Tower series. Ruined what was up to that point his best work.

Releasing a book online one chapter at a time but only if a certain percent of readers paid... pretty dumb given how selfish the internet is.

 

[Chief]

At a time when there was no real widespread adoption of the practice like Patreon etc.

 

[PT Bar None]

I used to read him a bit when I was younger as a page turner - early gear: Salem's Lot, Shining, Firestarter, Christine, Needful Things, The Stand, Dark Half, etc.

Insomnia and Desperation were the last of his that I read. Read into that what you will.

 

[Brad Goodman]

It's no Vermont South.