Stephen King- On Writing Part 2

As the book continues, King displays an excellent ability to not only deliver important tips for new writers, but also describes them in a simple and personal way that makes it easy to relate too. During one section about your first draft of the new book, King talks about his book The Stand, one of my personal favorites, and how it took him nearly six months to complete just the first draft. After describing the frustration in bringing the book to completion, King brought the point home by saying that even though he wanted to discard the manuscript many times, he stuck with it and it has become his best selling book of all time. King then continued on his explanation about how many words one should aim for depending on the book, and which draft the writer is on. This book has become my second favorite Stephen King book, surpassed only by The Stand, because even though it appears that it is basically a writers manual, it is actually the true adventure of the life of one of the greatest horror writers of our time. I thoroughly enjoy this book and I recommend it and The Stand to anyone who is willing to invest the time into awe inspiring book.

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Stephen King- On Writing

The book I have recently started to read is called On Writing by Stephen King. King is a very widely known author who has written 49 novels as of 2011. Stephen King's books usually are of the horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. On Writing, however, is about Stephen's life growing up and how all of his life experiences shaped him into the famous writer that he currently is. The book starts with King giving a short personal opinion on how he believes that a book about how to write should be; mainly that is should be under 100 pages, this is King's first tip of the book. King goes on to describe his early childhood, which was filled with strife having a single mother who was under payed. He talks about his brother, who was very smart for his age, and how they would usually get into trouble for being curious. King then told a short narrative of how he and his brother tried to make an electromagnet by using the wall outlet. The second they plugged it in, every light in the building exploded and the transformer outside caught on fire as well. That is all I have read so far and it is very interesting to see the makings of this famous author.

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