Summary Of Stephen King's On Writing-A Memoir Of The Craft

I never recognized any of Stephen King’s work, so I had no idea what to do expect about his book On Writing - A Memoir of the Craft. When reading the book, I thought the pace was too slow, especially at the start. However, I did found it interesting to see how he connected his life story or events into his book. After reading the book, I’ve learned many tips, and gain new perspective about writing. When reading, one thing that really struck me was how King was able to make his stories. One of the stories King made called Happy Stamps was created based on green stamps and the color of his mother’s tongue at the time, which was green. Two seemly random ideas put into one story, which I found to be amazing. Even though the story received a rejection slip, King was able to make a orginial story out of some unprecedented ideas. This really stuck with me because I truly believe the best ideas came from the best minds. However this wasn’t the case for King, it’s was how he used the ideas you use the ideas, “Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognized them when they show up” (37). The best ideas don’t just show up to people, it’s how they make use of that idea which separates the difference between a great or a decent idea. I usually have a difficult

I’m far from the average writer, so I tend to be worried if my writing is good enough for the requirements. According to King, this ‘fear’ is what causes bad writing, “If however, one is working under a deadline that - a school paper, a newspaper article, the SAT writing sample - that fear may be intense” (127). For me and how I write, I primarily focus { on whether if I’m following the six to eight sentence structure on an essay that requires it. Though the theory of this does sense to me, a deadline on a writing paper will always affect how I write to a degree, but this mindset will definitely change on how I approach an