My biggest issue with Stephen King (besides adverbs) is his dismissal of "planner" writers over "pantsers". I'm a full-blown control freak planner, and writing fiction any other way simply wouldn't work for me. But I strongly refute that my work is somehow creatively inhibited as a result, and here's why (if you're interested):

https://writingcooperative.com/the-big-myth-about-plotters-bd565a99ecba