Stephen King breaks his own rule and gets trolled

Stephen King was on Twitter not long ago stating how overused the word ‘amazing’ is, and urging writers to choose a more interesting replacement.

He accused the word of being “very tired”, and asked for “something more pungent & specific, please”.

Skip a month later and King’s face soon turned red after he was caught using it in a review of Dominique Rocher’s latest zombie movie “The Night Eats The World.”

Note to writers: "Amazing" is very tired. "Amazing" needs a long vacation. Therefore, please don't write about your amazing party, your amazing girlfriend's amazing dress, or your amazing vacation. Something more pungent & specific, please.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) 29 October 2018

Just when you think the zombie genre has been squeezed dry, along comes a perfectly amazing film by Dominique Rocher called THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD. It will blow your mind.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) 13 November 2018

Within two minutes Stephen King realised his gaffe and, possibly red-faced and mortified, he Tweeted this:

Shit.
In writing about THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD, I used the word amazing.
My bad.
Go ahead, troll me.
I deserve it.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) 13 November 2018

One would assume King would be mercilessly trolled by his followers after that very cringe-worthy mistake but as he owned up to his hypocrisy it wasn’t as bad as he thought it might be.

Anyone who stands up and takes responsibility for their own actions does not deserve to be trolled😊
— Kajsa Harris (@kajsaharris) 13 November 2018

After all of great stories you've given us I think, at least the "Constant Readers" among will forgive one little slip.
Love your work pic.twitter.com/Zw4ylMp4Ur
— cognizant canuck (@CanuckCognizant) 13 November 2018