The “What Writing Is” excerpt by Stephen King prevails as a unique perspective into the importance of reading and the focus and seriousness needed to write. King states that writing is a form of telepathy, and “All the art's depend on telepathy to some degree, but (he) believe that writing offers the purest distillation.” (95) This draws the reader in because it offers a unique way to think about writing. Next the author shifts away from the telepathy idea and transitions to the idea that writing is extremely important. “But you’re quite likely in your own far-seeing place, the one where you go to receive telepathic messages… books are uniquely portable magic.” (96) This supports the idea that reading is important because magic makes you