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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