Development
King states that he got the idea for the book while having a conversation with the late Sam Peckinpah. The novel originated as a screenplay titled "The Shotgunners". Apparently, Peckinpah liked it and made some suggestions about the script. King wrote a second draft for it, but Peckinpah died before King finished the script.
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