Thursday, October 22, 2009 Y
Just after sunset, let your imagination run wild!It's just a statement, but the first 3 words are also the title of Stephen King's book.I'm not a huge fan of his stories, but he's a good writer. This book was a gift. TBH, I wasn't too eager to start on the book, but I still did. And it showed what a writer Stephen King is.The 1st story, haha, frankly speaking I was confused - Is he writing about ghosts or about people? Honestly, it could be either, there was no specification. Let your mind do the wandering.The 2nd story was captivating in a decriptive way. While my eyes skimmed through the pages, the images formed in my head and the scenes played out like a silent movie. Every word, every action, every emotion, putting them into the "movie" and "actors and actress". It became another way of 'letting your imagination run wild". =)The 3rd story, I wouldn't say it was a favourite, but though short, it certainly allow one's imagination to run all over the place. It was short, a conversation a husband had with his wife, dictating a nightmare he had the previous night. What made the mind went overdrive was as he told his nightmare, the details seemed to corresspond to the detail the wife was seeing at that very moment, even the sequence were the same. The story ended with a phone call (the source of the nightmare). So.... What happened next? Was his nightmare coming true? Or it was just a wrong number? Could it be a twist to his nightmare? Haahahaha, that was what had my attention. The suspense. What could have been, what migh have been.Many writers can write short stories, many writers can write long stories and have them published a story per book. But I doubt there are many writers out there who can write different stories, with not one similar, yet revolving around a so-call theme.'Let your imagination run wild' seems like a theme, and so far Stephen King's stories did do that. However, his brilliance is the way he managed to allow our minds (or at least mine) to do the work through different ways, different scenarios, different stories, different storyline. Brilliant~ =)My sis is pretty good at guessing my preference in books. Hahahaa, or maybe I am just predictable. LOL! ;) But it was a gift that really opened my eyes to how good Stephen King is, though some times I can't grasp his way of looking at things and penning down his stories. :p
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