Beginning with theme, part three of Stephen King's On Writing covers a plethora of literary and personal aspects of King's (and indeed any writer's) career. This final section of my assignment was brimming with vital information, but that did not make reading it a simple task.
At times I wonder if certain skills I am learning in school will be applicable to the rest of my life. Algebra, for example, made me question just how important graduating is. I mean, please, logarithms and variables are not essential to success as a human being. I have lean red through my reading of On Writing, however, that creativity and expression certainly are. Especially as an aspiring writer, I benefited heavily from this text.
King's concept of the Ideal Reader was especially y striking. It made me ask myself whom I wanted to impress and why. I loved the idea that writing can be a noble and powerful means of communication between a writer and his friend, spouse, family member, or God. Additionally, the feww chapters regarding the editing process taught me the value of patience regarding the manuscript. Stephen King gives the eager writer permission and a stern suggestion to take breaks between the first and second draft a d to treat that draft as a newly found piece of his or her former self.
I truly thought that the book would end on a slightly technical note. I expected King to end with an inspiring, informal conjecture about the magic of writing. Instead, he recounts a painful accident that he experienced while writing the book. His realization that writing is a remedy and an outlet for frustration was incredibly poignant. He explains that finishing On Writing was laborious. It was meticulous and daunting, but (like most bold attempts at. Sharing ideas) it was worth it.
Then he goes on to include a technical self-editing example and two extensive book lists in his three "Furthermore" epilogues. very brief. Very technical. Very King.
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