Do any of you read bad books and spend time on it so you get an idea of what bad writing is? In other words if you come across a book, read the first couple of paragraphs and already think it's bad do you think to yourselves it's worth a read so you can remind yourself what bad writing is?
I remember king mentioned how he closed a book and stopped reading it because of how poor the prose was. And I don't remember him mentioning about wanting to spend time to read bad books. Or did he? do you know if mentions at all in On Writing about reading bad books?
I remember king mentioned how he closed a book and stopped reading it because of how poor the prose was. And I don't remember him mentioning about wanting to spend time to read bad books. Or did he? do you know if mentions at all in On Writing about reading bad books?