A Memoir Of The Craft By Stephen King Analysis
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King is a memoir that documents his life experiences that has shaped his as a reader and writer. Not only is it just memoir but it is a guidebook, that King relays his advice to aspiring writers. King’s purpose of his book is very clearly stated while at the same time it is vague. He makes it obvious that it is a book about writing, yet he never directly tells the readers what is the correct way or the right way to write. This is because Stephen King is trying to help the readers understand that writing is not a simple equation set in stone. King points out that writing is an evolving process, and not something so obvious. In addition, he proves that with hard work, life experiences,passion, and a little bit of imagination is all that one needs to be a great writer. At a very early age, King wrote many short stories during his free time. As he
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These movies that he watched has influenced what he wrote as well as the genre his books would be such as the novel Carrie. In addition, the movies he watched when he was younger represented his imagination, and the ideas he was able to build upon to write about. Once he was in rehab, his writing career was put on halt, but shortly after he began to start up again, “And in the midst of all of this, something else happened. On July twenty-fourth, five weeks after Bryan Smith hit me with his Dodge van, I began to write again” (King 264-265). Regardless of his accident, and the amount of times he had been rejected, King is a living proof that failure means nothing. He teaches people to write from what one knows, as well as what inspires them. Dedication, and hard work will always prevail, and that a good writer is inside
These movies that he watched has influenced what he wrote as well as the genre his books would be such as the novel Carrie. In addition, the movies he watched when he was younger represented his imagination, and the ideas he was able to build upon to write about. Once he was in rehab, his writing career was put on halt, but shortly after he began to start up again, “And in the midst of all of this, something else happened. On July twenty-fourth, five weeks after Bryan Smith hit me with his Dodge van, I began to write again” (King 264-265). Regardless of his accident, and the amount of times he had been rejected, King is a living proof that failure means nothing. He teaches people to write from what one knows, as well as what inspires them. Dedication, and hard work will always prevail, and that a good writer is inside