Trilogy of famous failures in History: Stephen King

<p><b>Why does everyone know the name, Stephen King?</b></p> <p>He’s the sort of success story every author dreams of becoming. Not only are his books popular, but quite a few of them have been adapted quite successfully as television and movies. </p> <p>He’s known all the world around as being one of the great storytellers of the weird and creepy and has a considerable backlist waiting to be explored. </p> <p><b>So, where did he come from? </b></p> <p><b>And how does his story apply to yours?</b></p> <p>Stephen King was a writer at heart all the way back to his school days when he used to scribble out short stories for his friends. </p> <p>Writing wasn’t his original career ambition, though. He’d set out to become a teacher, and only resorted to writing when he couldn’t find a job in his field.</p> <p>Even this didn’t come easily though. When writing his first novel, Carrie, he was plagued with massive self-doubt, so much so he threw away his initial attempts. </p> <p>But with the encouragement of those around him, he went on to finish the book and got it published to great success.</p> <p><b>Too much success.</b></p> <p>The stress of having to produce another book when his first had proven so popular caused Stephen King to question himself further. </p> <p>He didn’t feel he was equal to the task and started drinking heavily. This was the beginning of a struggle with alcoholism that would nearly ruin him.</p>