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On Writing
by Stephen King
from Pocket

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Another Side of Stephen King
  In On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King says that we must come to writing in almost any way but lightly. We may be angry or exhuberant or jealous or anguished. I repeat, as does he, we must come to the craft any way but lightly. This is a side of Stephen King I have neve seen before, and I like it. The book is a wonderful guide to the art, to the craft of writing. My book is new, but is already earmarked and looks worn with age, as all great books should. All true devotees to the craft of writing,... more info

• Don't wait for the muse...show up every day
  I don't even read Stephen King books. I don't like horror books as I have nightmares - but I know Stephen is a writing legend so this book was fantastic to read.
  He writes in that "real person" way that makes you feel he is not some writing super-hero that just creates a bestseller out of nothing. He is to the point in his advice, but behind it is his story. How he and Tammy came from nothing, how his drug use crushed him, and how his accident changed the way he sees the world. He knows the power of... more info

• really good stuff
  I'm not even a fan of Stephen King. I've seen plenty
  of movies made from his books and most of them were
  bad or stupid or both.
  I have read a handful of fiction books the guy wrote.
  He's easy to read - he hashes out these very human
  characters well and puts them in these unusual, frightening
  situations - often no-wins. You probably know that.
  It's easy to overlook that King, the champion schlockmeister,
  is a consumate communicator. His writing is empathic -... more info

• Impassioned instruction from the King of horror
  King's passion for writing is absolute and he imparts his passion to the reader. That alone is a good enough reason to read On Writing, but this book is unexpectedly engaging and informative at every turn.

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