'Stephen King as guru' is one of the things I would ban were I to become irrational, grumpy, capricious dictator of Medium. This would also have the effect of boosting everyone's earnings by reducing the number of 'How to write' articles by approximately 93.647% (I'll have to check with your grandson for more precise and genuinely peer-reviewed stats, Grandma, but reckon this is about right), thereby leaving more money in the pot for everything else.