on writing
On Writing by Stephen King
I love this book, the whole thing should be quoted here, but I won't do that.
p28 "When you're six, most of your Bingo Balls are still floating around in the draw tank."
p 147 "So we read to experience the mediocre and the outright rotten; such experience helps us to recognize those thigns when they begin to creep into our own work, and to steer clear of them. We also read in order to measure ourselves against the good and the great, to get a sense of all that can be done. And we read in order to experience different styles."
"Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."
"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life."
I love this book, the whole thing should be quoted here, but I won't do that.
p28 "When you're six, most of your Bingo Balls are still floating around in the draw tank."
p 147 "So we read to experience the mediocre and the outright rotten; such experience helps us to recognize those thigns when they begin to creep into our own work, and to steer clear of them. We also read in order to measure ourselves against the good and the great, to get a sense of all that can be done. And we read in order to experience different styles."
"Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."
"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life."
posted by J at 9:53 AM
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