Stephen King Says ‘Carrie’ Wouldn’t Exist Without His Wife, Tabitha King
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Carrie was the first book written by Stephen King, released in 1974. King was so insecure and dissatisfied with his work that he literally threw it in the trash. His wife, Tabitha, saved the originals and at the same time, the career of who would become one of the best known writers in the world. In 1976, director Brian De Palma released the first version of the novel for cinema, with Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and John Travolta. To this day it …
Stephen King Based Carrie White on 2 Girls He Knew Growing Up. Both Had Died by the Time He Wrote the Novel
The girl who helped inspire Stephen King‘s Carrie White wore the same black skirt to school every day, its hem halfway down her shins. When she returned from Christmas vacation in her sophomore year with a sweater and a knee-length cranberry skirt, the bullying grew worse. The girls at school called her Dodo or Doodoo. […]
Stephen King's Carrie Was Inspired by True Events and Real People
Stephen King's first novel, Carrie, was an immediate bestseller, and was quickly made into the hit 1976 horror film of the same name. The story of a bullied high school girl with a difficult home life was relatable, and the supernatural power of her rage was both terrifying and cathartic. I'm glad it was released a few months after my senior prom. King gave up on the book after the first few pages, but his wife Tabitha retrieved those pages from…
One of the best-known books by horror writer Stephen King is his debut novel, Carrie. Writing and publishing the book was a hell of a job, though. King's wife, Tabitha, dug the first few pages out of the trash, read them, and told her husband to keep writing. "I did three single-spaced pages from the first draft, then crumpled them up in disgust and threw them away," King wrote in an article in The Guardian in 2000.
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