I’ve ended reading The Running Man about week ago and I have to admit that this book helped me a lot in terms of “writing exemplification”.
For example, it was really educational for me to see what Mr. King was able to done in one paragraph that consisted of five – six lines/rows. In one of them the main Character moved from one location to another and there also was included description of the environment, that was on one hand “slim” but on the other hand was enough for me to build a mind-representation (picture) of described places and people.
This is something I have problem with in my own writing – I’m far too detail oriented and this Book (among others) helped me realized it better – as well as showed me how effectively singular paragraph may be used.
In case of more recent Books of Mr. King, they are more mature and more “dense” (if I may use such term). By that I mean that they possess sometimes so reach description of peoples, places (and configurations of both of them) that I think sometimes that I’m unable to write like that – as my imagination does not allow me to “see” so many “relations” and details, and therefore what I can offer in terms of writing is far less rich/attractive/interesting/complex (for example, when I firs read “Four Seasons” – four Stories – I was somewhat intimidated by the elegance and “easiness” of the way the Story was told. I remember thinking, that I cannot build so detailed Story with so many “characters-points-of-views” and their “reflections”).
Therefore it is my opinion, that The Running Man is a Great Book for every “beginning Writer” who wants to learn basics of building/telling the Story. While reading, I recommend to pay attention parallelly to the content of the Story, as well as to the WAY it is presented/told – and it seems to be told effortlessly – at least that was the way I read it (last 180 pages I’ve read in one day – I was so into it ).
Also, as I expected, the Book was far better than the movie
For example, it was really educational for me to see what Mr. King was able to done in one paragraph that consisted of five – six lines/rows. In one of them the main Character moved from one location to another and there also was included description of the environment, that was on one hand “slim” but on the other hand was enough for me to build a mind-representation (picture) of described places and people.
This is something I have problem with in my own writing – I’m far too detail oriented and this Book (among others) helped me realized it better – as well as showed me how effectively singular paragraph may be used.
In case of more recent Books of Mr. King, they are more mature and more “dense” (if I may use such term). By that I mean that they possess sometimes so reach description of peoples, places (and configurations of both of them) that I think sometimes that I’m unable to write like that – as my imagination does not allow me to “see” so many “relations” and details, and therefore what I can offer in terms of writing is far less rich/attractive/interesting/complex (for example, when I firs read “Four Seasons” – four Stories – I was somewhat intimidated by the elegance and “easiness” of the way the Story was told. I remember thinking, that I cannot build so detailed Story with so many “characters-points-of-views” and their “reflections”).
Therefore it is my opinion, that The Running Man is a Great Book for every “beginning Writer” who wants to learn basics of building/telling the Story. While reading, I recommend to pay attention parallelly to the content of the Story, as well as to the WAY it is presented/told – and it seems to be told effortlessly – at least that was the way I read it (last 180 pages I’ve read in one day – I was so into it ).
Also, as I expected, the Book was far better than the movie