Stephen King is a very detailed writer.   He shows this in the book "The Dead Zone". Stephen King has a style of his own.   In his books, King describes everything in detail.   He is very subjective through out this book.   King uses different syntax to help explain the minor details.   Diction also plays an important role in Stephen King's writing.  

In the book, Stephen King uses syntax that no one else was using at this time.   He set up his set up his sentences and paragraphs so that they were choppy but made sense in the end.   "Johnny is that you?   Johnny what happened!   Johnny was nowhere in sight, Sarah's pain and sorrow made her dwell on the past, because she was dwelling on the past her mind tricked her to believe things were actually there when they were not."   Many times through out the story Stephen King tricks you.   While he is explaining one event, he will make you believe that something different is happening.   When you read later into the chapter you will see that he was not tricking you he was explaining the event in a smart way.   King's diction has a wide range of words.

Stephen King has a great use of every word in the dictionary.   While writing King uses repetition of the strongest words to make them stronger.   In a passage he repeats the words "hate and lonely."   I believe he repeats these words to produce a theme.   Repeating words produces a stronger feel for the point of the writer.   King uses this in the manner to get you to believe everything he says.   When King does this he is also getting you involved in the book.   He is persuading you to get involved and start to have feelings for the people in the book.   He is really putting your brain to work.   When king writes he does not use words.   He uses words that will attract people to the events and people in the story.   This shows how King is using the subjective tone.

While writing books I believe that Stephen King connects with the characters that he is creating.   He is very subjective with the characters he creates.   He puts a piece of him into every character.   "Rachel? Its ok Rachel. I know you how you feel, I know the picture that you saw.   It was horrible!."   While he is writing his characters he develops them in ways that he could only do.   He gets inside his characters and acts as if they are him.   Stephen King is a genuine writer that explains things in different ways then everyone else.  

While reading this novel I realized that everything is possible. King describes everything in a certain way to make it seem like he really thinks that things can actually happen.   He can describe events and people in ways that I cannot explain.   He uses syntax and diction to get the point across.  

Sources:

The Dead Zone, Stephen King New York, New York 1972

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