Stephen King Reading To Write Analysis

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Reading and Writing, a Synergistic Combination
On Reading to Write, Stephen King is promoting the idea that becoming a writer involves doing “two things above all others: Read a lot and write a lot.”
Like anything worth getting in life such as a good writing skill, one can achieve levels above mediocrity by cultivating their innate talent with hard work and persistence, and lots of reading and writing. A little bit of being obsessed with reading, helps. King averages about six books a month and spends as much of his free time, reading. He advocates shunning the televised media in lieu of spending time with the craft of reading and in order to excel at writing, one must read. Having a voracious appetite with reading various works, good or

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