Reading King's book "On Writing" has been a mesmerizing adventure for me. Reading and writing have been two areas of my life that have fallen away amidst text books and diapers while in college with two rambunctious babies. King's obvious passion blazes furiously from the pages. So strongly and excitingly that it has reinvigorated my own love for writing. I actually took notes on what I need to do on a daily basis to start a fire from my recently warmed embers.
1. Read more 2. Write more 3. Turn the damn TV off 4. Repeat.
I feel positively giddy reading his words and personal anecdotes. I especially loved how the "fossil" for Misery came to him in his sleep on a plane ride to London. I've often had dreams that were so crazy and unique that I thought they would make a great short story. Maybe next time I'll write them down on a cocktail napkin or two.
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Great post about the King book. Excellent piece of writing. I particularly like your steps to becoming a better writer. Maybe I'll print those up and post them over my desk.... :)
ReplyDeleteWanted to use this forum to make sure you received word that we're delaying the movie at Red River Theatres by a week. We'll see the MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS movie on Nov. 10th.
See you next week in class! Cheers.