Stephen King On Writing Essay

The book I chose to read for my Composition I class was On Writing, by Stephen King because I’m a huge fan of his work. He’s a great storyteller, his way of writing has always had me hooked, especially with the characters. My first King book was Carrie, it also turned out to be my all time favorite! The story is about a high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers her ability to move objects through her mind power. Tormented by her fellow classmates, she uses her telekinesis to seek revenge. To be completely honest, I chose to read On Writing because I was intrigued how Stephen came up with Carrie, and without a doubt, Stephen has not failed me with this book. King is famously known in the horror and fantasy genre with books like

Stephen give lots of advice that are merely the same in other writing books, which takes away the soul purpose of buying this book. Through my perspectives, the only difference between this book and other writing books was that Stephen gave his personal insights from his years of experienced writing onto each advice he gave. Although much of his key points were copy and paste, his view improved my understands of the fundamentals. He takes his time in this section to talk about his pet peeves of the craft, the importance of grammar, simplicity of vocabulary, active and passive verbs, explains why a writer should never use adverbs, and provides examples of good and bad writing. The Element of Style was also in-depth discussion and he gives useful examples such as observing details of a book format can give you a perspective of whether the book will be challenging or not. An easy book would have short paragraphs with lots of white a pages. A hard book would have a packed look, with long stacked paragraphs. Many other advice's were given, but what I took out of this section that will stick with me whenever I write was King’s advice to write for the right reasons. This has a huge meaning to me because I believe writing should be done out of love and joy, not for fame or for the money. If you’re not inspired to write for the right reasons, writing will be difficult to pursue as a