About this title: In this combination memoir and writing guide, best-selling author Stephen King tells of how he came to be a writer and, in the process, explores many aspects of writing, from plot construction through some of the nuts and bolts of getting a book published. Much of his advice is quite traditional: find a quiet place to work, concentrate on character, master grammar and punctuation, keep THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE handy. And, like all good writers, he stresses the primary importance of reading, and in an amusing reconstruction of his childhood and teenage years, he writes about his obsession with ...
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Binding: Hard Back/Hardcover
Publisher: Guild Publishing, London, UK
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780340769966ISBN:0340769963
Description: Very Good ++ Dustjacket Very Good ++ 8" Tall. 676 pages. Light forward lean to book, light wear to spine-ends, creases to first two prelim pages o/w a very clean, very tidy copy. TWO COPIES AVAILABLE. read more
Format: Audio Cassette
Label: Recorded Books
Date: 2001-09
UPC:0788750097
Description: Very Good. Tapes and box are in great shape. Ex library copy. May have a clear plastic book cover, library stamps, catalog numbers, stickers or other markings. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684853529ISBN:0684853523
Description: Good in very good dust jacket. personal inscription inside. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684853529ISBN:0684853523
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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"Loved this book. One of the best and most helpful, informative books on writing I have read. I am now ready for edit and to soon publish a book. My first one."
"Stephen King, one of the best horror author's, no not one of the best, the best in fact. This book was recommended to me by one of my professor's in my college writing class, and I'm so glad I took him up on it. This book, truly helpful, guided me on the path of becoming a writer. It really opened my eyes, and taught me what becoming a writer is."
"I'm biased, yes, but Stephen King is the Man. His autobiographical approach to giving advice, therefore, is amazing. From hilarious stories of an eventful childhood to glorious chapters on how he does the things he does with language, King delivers over and over all that his fans expect and more. Thank you, King, thank you."
"This is the book that convinced me King could write (hmmm. a manual on writing. who'da thought?) after I'd convinced myself that he was too scary for me. (I'm a person who hates to leave a book unfinished, but "Misery" scared the bejesus out of me. I closed the book at the point where Annie "hobbles" the writer. Interestingly, I did see the movie, which did not seem nearly as scary. That's writing talent: to make someone so scared they can't read more, yet the visual of the same thing is NOT scary.)
Now, I read his reviews and sometimes his books. Each time, I marvel that he is so able to create such marvelous worlds - so well drawn that you can BE there - and still not be considered more than a horror writer. I love his EW column, too; that's where he unleashes his humor."
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