The Shining | Techniques
King's basic plotting technique in The Shining is similar to that found in many of his novels: A long, leisurely buildup is used to inculcate in his readers the sense of a disarmingly normal human situation, during which time — with the exception of an occasional foreshadowing — little is done to suggest the nature of the horrors to come. Thus, when the strange events do begin to manifest themselves — frequently about one-third through the novel — they come with the shock of sudden reversal, and from that point onward accrue with ever greater intensity as the narrative...
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