It is interesting to me how the profession of writing has evolved to this point... a dot com website with forums. Wow!
I was listening to NPR on my truck radio about 2 months ago and heard about a book by Stephen King entitled "On Writing". I've never read a SK book but have heard of him for years and watched many a movie from his writings. So I knew that Stephen is quite successful in his craft. I decided then and there to buy the book if at all possible and so minutes after hearing the radio book description on NPR, pulled in to Barnes and Noble and bought the book "On Writing".
The book was excellent; the best I've ever read on the topic of writing or becoming a writer. Since then I've read The Dark Tower series of books numbers 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. I intend to finish the series. The combination of post apocalypse and western gunslinger settings/themes was very interesting to me. I'll read the rest of the series before I tackle any other SK titles. One of my favorite TV series was The Stand; it had great story and characters. His book "On Writing" is a keeper though. SK's life seems quite interesting as related on Wikipedia.
I've been retired now for about 52-days and have done a lot of reading as you can see, but no writing, as Mr. SK advises. If you'd like to be a writer, he suggests six-hours a day reading and writing with writing about 2000 words to progress in the craft. I've done some University publications, newspaper articles and a newsletter for 4 years and that kept me interested in writing. Be good to get back into it (writhing grants is not writing) and see how it goes...I'm only 60. It is fun to become interested in something else quite different than how I made my living for many years. For me at this point SK so far is captivating story and dialog. About 30-years ago I read every John D. MacDonald book I could find. Maybe I should again! Relaxing fun stuff, this reading...
I was listening to NPR on my truck radio about 2 months ago and heard about a book by Stephen King entitled "On Writing". I've never read a SK book but have heard of him for years and watched many a movie from his writings. So I knew that Stephen is quite successful in his craft. I decided then and there to buy the book if at all possible and so minutes after hearing the radio book description on NPR, pulled in to Barnes and Noble and bought the book "On Writing".
The book was excellent; the best I've ever read on the topic of writing or becoming a writer. Since then I've read The Dark Tower series of books numbers 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. I intend to finish the series. The combination of post apocalypse and western gunslinger settings/themes was very interesting to me. I'll read the rest of the series before I tackle any other SK titles. One of my favorite TV series was The Stand; it had great story and characters. His book "On Writing" is a keeper though. SK's life seems quite interesting as related on Wikipedia.
I've been retired now for about 52-days and have done a lot of reading as you can see, but no writing, as Mr. SK advises. If you'd like to be a writer, he suggests six-hours a day reading and writing with writing about 2000 words to progress in the craft. I've done some University publications, newspaper articles and a newsletter for 4 years and that kept me interested in writing. Be good to get back into it (writhing grants is not writing) and see how it goes...I'm only 60. It is fun to become interested in something else quite different than how I made my living for many years. For me at this point SK so far is captivating story and dialog. About 30-years ago I read every John D. MacDonald book I could find. Maybe I should again! Relaxing fun stuff, this reading...
