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Pocket, May 2001
Trade Paperback, 288 pages
ISBN-10: 0671024256
ISBN-13: 9780671024253
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"Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported near-fatal accident in 1999 -- and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it -- fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.
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The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)The best book on writing. Ever!
USA TodayA fascinating look at the evolution and redemption of one of the hardest-working storytellers writing today.
The Washington Post Book WorldCombines autobiography and admonition, inspirations and instruction. It's an enjoyable mix.
New York Times, September 5, 2009
...unfolds amid bosomy fields laden with the fleeting fruits of summer. At best, the author follows the course Stephen King takes in The Tommyknockers and skims over his protagonists occupation in order to concentrate on the perilous effects of ...
Miramichi Leader Online, August 21, 2009
...I was never a Stephen King fan. Most of his stuff is just too dark and horrifying. I never had one of his books in my collection, until now. While browsing the book store shelves ...
Toronto Star Online, June 13, 2009
...amount of pages a day and then you get used to it.' Just as del Toro is hooked on writing, The Strain is one of those just-one-more-chapter books for readers. 'Chuck and I made the book in honour of those books we read as kids, the Stephen ...
The Australian, April 24, 2009
...and novelist Paul Theroux, doesn't mask his enthusiasm -- or his self-criticism -- whether speaking of Ford, Stephen King, Soviet science fiction novels or ('I hope this doesn't sound too pretentious') John Keats. Far North, which deserves ...
Book Reporter, February 10, 2009
... Lisa Rogak Thomas Dunne Books Biography ISBN: 9780312377328 My first introduction to Stephen King was SALEM?S LOT, which I read in the mid-1970s while my husband worked nights and our children were fast asleep. At that time, although I had ...
KNDO KNDU, February 6, 2009
...he says the author of the teen serial 'can't write worth a darn.' Promoting his new book, Stephen King Goes to the Movies, the prolific best-selling horror novelist said in an interview with USA Weekend that Stephenie Meyer can't hold a ...
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