lol.... i like adverbs

Absolutely!

Many are challenged when it comes to imagining a world of magic. With all her adverbs, it makes it easier to imagine what they feel and how their world is.

He spelled witch wrong, he wrote which, lol. When he was talking about Mrs. Weasley, and although i did love the book, she did seem to be a little rushed with it, but wouldnt you be? With billions of fans all over the world demanding prefection out of her? I cant imagine the pressure. Seven King has more compition in her i think.

Whilst what King says is partly correct and on occasions and the the use of the adverb is not needed, he needs to take a look at his own writing which i find though great lacks a certain somthing. i think he should try and add some abverbs himself to give his characters a bit of colour and let us know how they are feeling at all times.
King should also take note from JK as well from the fact that she has written only five books and is all ready as well know as him and proberly more read as well. JK is in my mind far more ingenious writer and he could learn a lot from her in the art of getting the readers so hooked on the books that the Pages begin to burn they read so fast.

To be honest, I've only read one of Stephen King's books, and I was very disapointed. From someone as popular, or at least as widely know, I expected a lot better. So I'm not taking his criticism of JK's writing too seriously.

I think J.K.'s useage of adverbs is great! without it, how would we be able to understand how the characters are feeling and how they are saying things? There are so many ways to interpret any given phrase that the reader usually needs some kind of guidance, i.e. the character said something angrily, joyfully, shyly...etc. I know Stephen King is a world famous writer, but that's just his opinion...i think it's pretty obvious that readers have a different one! I say yea for J.K.!

I am a huge fan of Stephen King, and I think that he gave a well rounded review of the book. His criticisms were constructive, which is what writers need if they want to improve anyway. I'm not saying that J.K. needs improvement...Heck, I love her books just the way they are. If any of you were dissapointed in Stephen Kings works, it was probably because his writing focuses more the macabre, ugly side of life. The Harry Potter series is adventure oriented, and that's great. And really, he was complimenting her because he says her mistakes are just a side effect of having such an amazing story in her mind thats just itching to get out.. so really he's praising her abilities as a storyteller.

And as for him needing to learn how to write books so good that the pages are singed from turning, He doesnt need to learn how, he already makes books like that. It's just that not everyone likes his writing as much as J.K.'s. and vice versa.. so, I'm not trying to put anyone down, I just wanted to state my opinion...And, by the way I love Jk and Kings writing styles and books equally!

I for one was was not dissapointed with King because hes macabre quite the opposite in fact, i find him to write stories a bit on the bright side of life. i think i find him dull because he's to predictable i know how the books going to end after only a few chapters. Also he's one of the few authors yhat send's me to sleep so his books always come in handy when I am going through a bout of insomnia.
For any horror readers out there may I recommend Shaun Hutson, a great writer or has the gore running from the first page.

"I happen to think he's quite right," said Keira haughtily.

Joking, joking - well, somewhat. King's critiscm was very well done - not rude, not harsh, just words of improvement - which EVERY writer likes and needs. I'm sure she's taken his words to heart and is looking (carefully) over her work and probably seeing it...

Honestly, he's right - I opened up my copy of OoP and counted 8 adverbs on the one page I turned to...it does help people imagine, but there really is no need to go; "Hermione smiled happily" or "Harry yelled angrily"...some things are just implied, you know?

Same here, that's exactly how i feel.

Those are what we call "redundancies." My college english teacher warned us about doing that. Words that are unnecessary, like "they pouted sukily." But honestly I didn't even notice it. It's a mark of a great author if they can have things like that in their books and nnot have it too noticeable.