Stephen King manages to create the most interesting and inspiring writing advice book I've had the pleasure of reading. It's part memoir and part practical writing instruction. He takes the reader on a journey through his own life - what made him the writer he is, the nuggets and kernels of his earliest creativity, and both his failures and successes.
Through telling his own story he leads you comfortably along until he gets to the basics of writing. Throwing out traditional English Composition coursework he gets down and dirty with what makes a sentence, what style is and how to apply it, and when, where and how to write. You can't help (well, I couldn't) but to be inspired and want to jump right out there and start writing after reading his stories.
This is a must-read for every would-be writer as well as every Stephen King fan.
- CV Rick, April 2008
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