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Readers read. Writers write.

It was my watercolor instructor who told me to read "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" and when he did, I was sort of shocked to discover that, in fact, I had never read it.

I'm a writer. I've written all my life.

But first I was a reader. I've been reading since before I was 3 (my older sister liked to play "school.") As a young teen, I started reading Stephen King and he quickly became my favorite author. "Christine" shares my name. I read "It" while seasick on a vessel on the Black Sea, the most delicious scare of my life. :) I was shocked — and elated — to discover "The Long Walk," which I loved, was in fact related to all of my old favorites. I was shocked — and deeply saddened — to learn that Stephen King had been struck by a car. I was living in Tokyo at the time and couldn't get updates beyond the initial news report.

My watercolor instructor was right, this is one of, if not the best book on writing out there. Even though it deals mostly with fiction, I'm also using it as fodder for the college course I teach on academic essay writing, and many of the principles apply straight across.

Stephen King has absolutely no idea who I am, of course, and that's fine, that means I'm doing my job as Huge Fan well. However, if for some reason he's reading this, I'd like for him to know how deeply he's affected my life, and how much I appreciate the stories he's told me over my lifetime and, more recently, the timeless writing advice he's shared with me.

:)
 

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Readers read. Writers write.

It was my watercolor instructor who told me to read "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" and when he did, I was sort of shocked to discover that, in fact, I had never read it.

I'm a writer. I've written all my life.

But first I was a reader. I've been reading since before I was 3 (my older sister liked to play "school.") As a young teen, I started reading Stephen King and he quickly became my favorite author. "Christine" shares my name. I read "It" while seasick on a vessel on the Black Sea, the most delicious scare of my life. :) I was shocked — and elated — to discover "The Long Walk," which I loved, was in fact related to all of my old favorites. I was shocked — and deeply saddened — to learn that Stephen King had been struck by a car. I was living in Tokyo at the time and couldn't get updates beyond the initial news report.

My watercolor instructor was right, this is one of, if not the best book on writing out there. Even though it deals mostly with fiction, I'm also using it as fodder for the college course I teach on academic essay writing, and many of the principles apply straight across.

Stephen King has absolutely no idea who I am, of course, and that's fine, that means I'm doing my job as Huge Fan well. However, if for some reason he's reading this, I'd like for him to know how deeply he's affected my life, and how much I appreciate the stories he's told me over my lifetime and, more recently, the timeless writing advice he's shared with me.

:)
Keep writing and keep posting!
 
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Readers read. Writers write.

It was my watercolor instructor who told me to read "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" and when he did, I was sort of shocked to discover that, in fact, I had never read it.

I'm a writer. I've written all my life.

But first I was a reader. I've been reading since before I was 3 (my older sister liked to play "school.") As a young teen, I started reading Stephen King and he quickly became my favorite author. "Christine" shares my name. I read "It" while seasick on a vessel on the Black Sea, the most delicious scare of my life. :) I was shocked — and elated — to discover "The Long Walk," which I loved, was in fact related to all of my old favorites. I was shocked — and deeply saddened — to learn that Stephen King had been struck by a car. I was living in Tokyo at the time and couldn't get updates beyond the initial news report.

My watercolor instructor was right, this is one of, if not the best book on writing out there. Even though it deals mostly with fiction, I'm also using it as fodder for the college course I teach on academic essay writing, and many of the principles apply straight across.

Stephen King has absolutely no idea who I am, of course, and that's fine, that means I'm doing my job as Huge Fan well. However, if for some reason he's reading this, I'd like for him to know how deeply he's affected my life, and how much I appreciate the stories he's told me over my lifetime and, more recently, the timeless writing advice he's shared with me.

:)
Hey there - guess I forgot to say welcome when you first joined so - Welcome! :cheerful:
 
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