R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine
Robert Lawrence Stine, sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. He has been referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature" and is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The Nightmare Room series. Some of his other works include a Space Cadets trilogy, two Hark gamebooks, and dozens of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth8 October 1943
CountryUnited States of America
It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.
At least I can write.
If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.
Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.
Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
I should be concentrating on writing pages.
People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they're gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.
I've killed hundreds of teenagers. Hundreds. And I didn't know why. Why did I enjoy doing it so much? Why? And then I realized - I had a teenager at home!
I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.
I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.
If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles. You can learn all kinds of ways to say things.
There are some indicators suggesting a bit of a slowdown. That could cause the Fed to pause. The key is about how the Fed talks about the economy, if they talk about weakness worldwide and rising oil prices.