1 - Explanation:
Stephen King has or tries to have a deep understanding of what writing really means, and since he is a horror and science-fiction writer, understanding what writing horror acutally means is probably very important to him.
According to him, writing horror and science-fiction was a way of temporarily freeing the imagination, because when writing a horror/science-ficiton you can be yourself, by letting your mind being who you are.
My opinion: If you were to ask him how to get to know somebody, he would probably say, "show me a horror book of yours, and I'll tell you who you are".
1 - Answer:
D. / 4 - To temporarily free the imagination.
2 - Explanation:
Even being a science-ficiton writer, King believed in verisimilitude, and therefore, he thought that making things look, even if only a tiny bit, real, the purpose of a horror story would be achieved.
2 - Answer:
B. / 2 - By making the portait eerily lifelike.
Hope it hlped,
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