On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743506650 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 245 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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He gives you a whole writer's "tool kit": a reading list, writing assignments, a corrected story, and nuts-and-bolts advice on dollars and cents, plot and character, the basic building block of the paragraph, and literary models. This was a child who dug Yvette Vickers from Attack of the Giant Leeches, not Sandra Dee. The kidnapper character in Misery, the mind-possessing monsters in The Tommyknockers, and the haunting of the blocked writer in The Shining symbolized his cocaine and booze addiction (overcome thanks to his wife's intervention, which he describes). You're right there with the young author as he
Aptly Titled I enjoyed this book thoroughly, and took my time reading it. I could "hear" Mr. King's "voice" in my head as I read this on my iPad Kindle app. I felt like I was reading something from a friend---as if he had written a personal letter to me--- to give me an understanding of what he went through to become the person he is today. I think that his directives about the "how-to's" and "don't do's" were very practical. I breathed a sigh of relief when I got the feeling that writing classes and clubs are kind of a wast. "Still King of his craft" according to Susannah L. Sulzman. I may as well start out by saying that I'm a huge fan of Stephen King's and am, therefore,a bit biased, but this book stays handy on my writing desk, not entirely as a "how-to" but as a "why write" paperback coach. At the top of his craft, Mr. King still has the modest, self-effacing humor that he had when he was starting out, writing in the laundry room and trying to sell stories to pulp magazines.You never get the feeling that he's talking down to you or pontificating. He talks about structure, plot, character. "Fun read and helpful writing "how-to"" according to Savannah. This is the second time I've read "On Writing" by Steven King. The first time was when it first came out in 2000. I like most of King's novels, at least those that keep the gore down. But "On Writing" gives the reader a whole new insight into the man and his method of writing. The book was started in 1997 and scheduled for release in 2000. In the summer of 1999, King was out taking his daily walk when he was hit by a van and nearly killed. I think this traumatic even influenced "On Writing." The first half of th
A series of vivid memories from adolescence, college, and the struggling years that led up to his first novel, Carrie, offer a fresh and often funny perspective on the formation of a writer. King was in the middle of writing this book when he was nearly killed in a widely reported accident. "If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." Here is Stephen King's master class on his craft. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's chi