Written Proposal for Author Project

The author that I chose to work with for this assignment is Stephen King. I was first drawn to his writing because I really like the subjects that he writes about. I want to work with him because he interests me and I like the stories he tells. Most of his books are very similar to one another, but he has many loyal readers who will read anything he writes simply because he wrote it. In this project I will try to research the way that Stephen King uses elements from both the sci-fi and horror genres, as well as how he established (and continues to maintain) his ethos with his audience. I will do this by re-reading (or reading for the first time) some of his works, in junction with reading academic articles that have been written about his various novels and interviews he has given about his own writing process.