Kanchanaphan Poonudom Poonudom থেকে Майе, 79220 Ла Шапель-Батон, Франция
I used to read King a lot when I was a kid... I grew out of it (Dean Koontz and the like as well). I don't remember how I got my hands on this book, "On Writing", but I'm certainly glad I read it. And when, sometime far in the future, when I sit down to write the great novel we all have in us, I'll look to it again. He could spin a story out of a trip to 7-11. Keep in mind also these 8 rules supposedly created by Kurt Vonnegut (we never really know do we lol): 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. 4. Every sentence must do one of two things -- reveal character or advance the action. 5. Start as close to the end as possible. 6. Be a sadist. Now matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of. 7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. 8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.