I feel a little like I’m cheating because I discussed Stephen King’s On Writing before, but I hadn’t finished it then.
King’s book is a combination memoir and writing guide. At first it seemed odd to combine these two types of books. From a financial standpoint, two books means more income. But about halfway into the [...]
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Book Review: On Writing by Stephen King
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · book review
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The Road to Hell Is Paved with Adverbs
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve gotten into the real meat of On Writing, and I think I shouldn’t listen to it on my way to work, only on my way home. As I’m driving, I’m thinking of all these changes I want to make on my story, but I can’t do them until I get home at night. By [...]
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Fear and Shame
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I was listening to Stephen King’s book On Writing this morning on my hour-long commute to work. He spoke of the early stories he wrote, and for a few minutes that made me question whether I really have the writing bug. Does the fact that I didn’t start writing until recently mean that I’m not [...]
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