On Writing: A Memoir by Stephen King (First Edition)
In June of 1999, Stephen King was hit by a van while walking along the shoulder of a country road in Maine. Six surgeries were required to save his life and mend his broken body. When he was finally able to sit up, he immediately started writing. This book is the extraordinary result.
On Writing begins with a mesmerising account of King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing. A series of vivid memories from adolescence, college and the struggling years which led up to King's first novel, Carrie, affords readers a fresh and often very funny perspective on the formation of a writer's character.
King then discusses the basic tools of a writer's craft - how to sharpen and multiply them through use and how the writer must have them close at hand always. He takes the reader through crucial aspects of the writer's art and life, offering practical and inspiring advice on everything from plot and character development to work habits and rejection.
On Writing culminates with King's profoundly moving account of how his overwhelming need to write spurred him toward recovery last year.
Format: Hardback | 256 pages
Dimensions (cm): 24.2 x 15.9 x 2.5 | 598g
Publication Date: 06 Oct 2000
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0340769963
ISBN13: 9780340769966
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. No obvious damage to the cover. The dust jacket is included and in a good condition (minor scuff marks, very minor creasing, minor scratching, and a small tear on the bottom-left corner of the back cover). All pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.