180); theme ""approaching it as the most sacred of sacred cows - (King p. 200); pace "" the speed at which your narrative unfolds- (King p. 220); last, but not least, research "" a specialized kind of back story- (King p.227). I am not fond of writing books, though through his words and humor, I wouldn't mind trying to write a book for the first time. .
Most of the critics that read On Writing would agree that Steven King's work is "a sterling illustration of all the writing guidelines that have come before- (King p.1) other authors. I agree with critics from Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and all other periodical journals that On Writing is an exceptional piece of work, whether it be an autobiography, manual for written style, or memoir. I am pretty sure that this is in fact true; I don't know much (or at least more that anyone else) about grammar, writing for fiction, or style but am very persuaded to believe that On Writing is the most truthful and adequate way to show beginners, like myself, the true basis for being a writer "this explains why I like the book so much. The $14.95 plus tax is actually worth it.
Steven King's style is very noteworthy and individual. His style is very flagrant. It strikes out and is very obvious to the reader. At first, (before reading On Writing) I found King to be too wordy and redundant throughout his books. This only made me restive. I didn't understand, why wouldn't he just get to the point? I didn't understand why he used such extraordinary words that the common reader had to stop and look up in the dictionary like pretentious, adornments, atrocious, and my favorite, defecated. Here goes an example: "I believe that writing offers the purest distillation- (King p. 103). To me, this seems to be redundant since the Webster's New World Dictionary states that distillation is "the process of heating a mixture and condensing the resulting vapor to produce a more nearly pure substance- (p.
