AdvertisementStephen King Plots To Save JFK In '11/22/63'November 13, 2011NPR StafffacebookEmailStephen King came up with the idea for 11/22/63 in 1971, but at the time he wasn't ready to take on a project of such scope. Perhaps it was for the best: "I think that the wounds were a little bit too fresh then," King says. "I'm glad that I waited." (AFP/Getty Images)