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    Donqua Williams Effects of Horror movies in the society If you were to take a survey of how many people like to watch horror movies‚ I’m pretty sure most people wouldn’t choose horror films. According to Sparks‚ watching horrifying films will cause physical reactions such as sweaty pants‚ tense muscles‚ a spike in blood pressure and/or an increase in heart rate. Some people don’t like to watch horror movies because they have bad dreams or don’t like sleeping in the dark alone. Parents

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    A developing writer should read this book because it teaches and provides you with a lot of advice for writing and for life in general. Stephen King‚ the author of On Writing‚ teaches you to cut out things that are not needed for the writing piece. A lot of developing writers need to learn this. Even though it shortens the length of the writing‚ it makes it better overall because you do not distract from the overall topic or idea. When you have to many different things happening the main point is

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    Can aggressive children be predicted by the movies they are watching? People’s everyday lives are Can filled with events that trigger stimuli in the brain‚ even if he or she aren’t aware of it. From their friends playing pranks on them‚ to watching a more violent show on television‚ it all affects the minds in one way or another. Not only do these events or images affect kids current life‚ but could also lead up to adulthood such as: anxiety‚ heart racing‚ high blood pressure‚ etc. Everyone knows

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    Notes Link: http://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/leisure/horror-literature--life-after-stephen-king-1317.htm  It’s common knowledge that Stephen King took a literary subgenre in the early eighties and turned it into a mainstream literary genre  Bestsellers like Shinning‚ Carrie‚ Blood and Smoke and even Bag of Bones (which was the first book in the genre to be given in depth analysis by literary critics worldwide) propelled horror literature to a class of its own‚ away from the scorned subgenre

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    Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King is a memoir that documents his life experiences that has shaped his as a reader and writer. Not only is it just memoir but it is a guidebook‚ that King relays his advice to aspiring writers. King’s purpose of his book is very clearly stated while at the same time it is vague. He makes it obvious that it is a book about writing‚ yet he never directly tells the readers what is the correct way or the right way to write. This is because Stephen King is trying to help the

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    Text Review – ’Misery’ by Stephen King Title: ’Misery’ Author: Stephen King Plot: Paul Sheldon is a famous writer who created the popular ’Misery’ series‚ and has just killed off the main character‚ Misery Chastain. He has just finished writing a new novel called ’Fast Cars’ and is heading to New York to get the manuscript printed when his car crashes in Colorado. He is pulled from the wreckage with both of his legs shattered by his number one fan‚ Annie Wilkes. She took him to her home

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    Thomas Fuselier Why do we need heroes? Professor James Winters While they may be very different from one another almost every movie must have some type of hero. Screen writers and movie directors must constantly develop these different types of heroes to please the many different attitudes and opinions of movie goers. Movie enthusiast all have different reasons for liking the movie heroes they do and it is up to the screen writers‚ actors‚ and directors to successfully please the movies target audience

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    Stephen King. Worthy or Not? Do you think Stephen King is a worthy author? Many people will have different opinions about this topic but in my opinion‚ he is a worthy author! Stephen King is a great author. Stephen King is one of the best selling authors of all time. In the 40 years since his first novel‚ Carrie‚ he has published‚ more than 50 books‚ all of them international bestsellers. King has always been clear about the inspiration he has drawn from respected literary forebears. King’s work

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    themselves to think about horror movies. Most may experience the feeling of butterflies in their stomach for fear or just pure excitement‚ but where does that fear or excitement come from? One might say that it is the anti-social instincts of horror that we all have hidden and festering deep down inside. A great horror author Stephen King once said‚” that watching a horror movie helps us control the anti-social instincts we all have inside”. Some people might say that we are all a little crazy and

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    some of the motives why most people love watching a movie in a cinema. To really experience a film it must be seen on the big screen. The darkness‚ the high-quality presentations‚ the thriving sound‚ and the size of the screen generate an atmosphere that augments the joy of seeing a film. But I consider there are only a few genres that are capable of making the theater experience meaningful and eternal. The three top categories to see in a cinema are‚ without doubts: suspense‚ horror‚ and action.

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