Apr 27, 2021 · There is an interview out there with George R. R. Martin and Stephen King. Martin is a popular fantasy writer (think Game of Thrones), but he takes years upon years to write a book.

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Controversial opinion: I don't think Stephen King is a very good writer, and "On writing" reflects that. Stephen King is a successful writer, and a very good storyteller. But his writing itself is average at best. Moving on to "On writing": aside from the notorious adverb advice, King basically views writing as quantity over quality.

Jul 21, 2015 · Stephen King "On Writing" "Gould said something else that was interesting that day I turned in my first pieces: write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out.

Dec 29, 2020 · On Writing goes into this extensively. He says he was an alcoholic as early as when he was writing The Shining, mid 70s. Booze resulted in him barely having any memories of writing Cujo. He talks about being a drug addict around the …

Stephen King is maybe the only author I’ve read for my entire reading life, that I’ve come back to again and again. He’s not perfect- I take issue with the sexism in his earlier books and his seeming obsession with violence toward women, but even that has not been enough to overshadow his absolutely singular ability to immerse the reader ...

Then they all had to recant, laughably enough. How rare it is for normies to get riled up about bad writing, because they were raised on bad writing, they are used to bad writing, and they mostly can’t tell the difference between good writing and bad writing. And yes, Stephen King benefits greatly from this phenomenon.🐑🐑🐑

May 2, 2018 · Reddit has a very wide variety of writing styles in the comments. I think what you get most from reading is certain ways of phrasing things, or a specific word you like, that sort of thing. So in fact reading reddit would help.

Personally, I love Stephen King and I love On Writing, but I don’t think On Writing should be a mandate for every writer. His process is incredibly different from other wildly successful authors. King talked about writing as a dream, in the sense that he moves through his stories as they happen, adapting to them with the characters.

Stephen King has gone on the record saying he hates adverbs (see "On Writing" by King about his process; this anectdote is in there). I think that hatred helps keep these types of winding sentences free and unburdened with complicated clause work.