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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No offense Anthony, but I don't think I would like this book. Stphen King however, is inspirational, how he kept with the manuscript eventhough it was driving him crazy. I do have a question though...what is the name of this book that talks about him writing the book The Stand?
ReplyDeleteNice job with this again Anthony. I'm glad you enjoyed reading this book so much.Maybe some more about your personal connections to it would add to the post.
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