"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write". Here is Stephen King's master class on his craft -- as lucid and pragmatic as The Elements of Style, as fiercely authentic as The Liars' Club. Rarely has a book on the craft of writing been so clear, so useful, and so entertaining. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing. A series of vivid memories from adolescence, college, and the struggling years that 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 though 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 in 1999. Brilliantly structured, friendly, and inspiring, it will empower and entertain everyone who reads it.

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