The main character, Paul Sheldon, is a 42-year-old author. For all her abusive behavior, she does turn Paul into a better writer.(And you’ll turn my misery to joy if you use an affiliate link on this page to make a purchase, because I’ll earn a small commission!) One of King's biggest fears was that quitting drugs would keep him from writing, and you can see that fear reflected in the way Annie is able to successfully push Paul to write one of the best novels of his career.
King has admitted he doesn't even remember writing "Cujo," which is one of his most famous works. Some of the King's best novels - " It," "Christine," "The Dark Half" - were written in the middle of his spiraling addiction. When he finally manages to outsmart Annie and successfully escape, he does so while keeping the safety of the manuscript a priority. Paul is initially reluctant to write "Misery's Return," and is devastated when Annie forces him to burn his only copy of "Fast Cars." But by the end of the novel he's begrudgingly proud of what he's written. Annie Wilkes is a destructive figure who causes Paul immense suffering on both a mental and physical level, and yet she also manages to get Paul to write what he himself considers one of the best books of his career. He doesn't elaborate much on this, but it's not hard to guess what he means. It's just that the backlash Paul receives for trying to break out of readers' expectations is a little more intense than some bad reviews. Although the inner conflict Paul's dealing with doesn't match perfectly, it's easy to see how the expectations for King to stick to horror are mirrored by the expectations for Paul to stick to romance. It was a light-hearted fairy tale story that wasn't traumatizing in the slightest, and fans considered it a bit of a letdown. This was why one of his novels, the fantasy story "The Eyes of the Dragon," was received so negatively by fans at first. Although he's responsible for many wonderful novels and short stories that aren't scary at all (we wouldn't have " The Shawshank Redemption" or " Stand By Me" without him), when readers see his name above the title, they tend to assume they're getting a horror story. It gives me great pleasure." However, he did often feel typecast as a horror writer.
King himself is less concerned about being seen as a serious writer when an interviewer pointed out that he was often dismissed by the literary establishment early in his career, he responded, "I have outlived most of my most virulent critics.
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