On Writing

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• On writing

  "On writing" afferma King "è il romanzo della mia vita, non perché la mia vita sia un romanzo, ma perché la mia vita è scrivere." Il libro è un manuale tecnico per aspiranti scrittori, pieno di esempi e riferimenti pratici, arricchito dalla vita prof ... (read full critics)

  librerie published on Thu, 2 Dec 2010

• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft By Stephen King

  Ladies and gentleman, a man who needs no introduction for once this overused line is true. Practically everybody knows who Stephen King is, so we'll skip the biographical stuff. Do you want to write popular fiction? Then you need to read On Writing: ... (read full critics)

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11 Reviews

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  Semi-biographical, so that was interesting, but this is actually one of the better writing reference books I've ever read.

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  dalai lala said on Dec 30, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  ironiclly this is officially my first Stephen King book, all I can say is that he really is born to be a writer, regardless the obstacle of early hardship, life-threathening accident, alcho-addit...and no matter how prepared I was, still impressed his down-to-earth, and the bravery that to be able t ... (continue)

  ironiclly this is officially my first Stephen King book, all I can say is that he really is born to be a writer, regardless the obstacle of early hardship, life-threathening accident, alcho-addit...and no matter how prepared I was, still impressed his down-to-earth, and the bravery that to be able to share his 'secret' of the craft--risky. The reason I didn't read much of his fiction is that I believe what I read, and I know he's very good, so the horror might haunt there for a long while, as I long as I could control my desire to read, I won't.

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  I found this extremely helpful and cleverly written in a way that he doesn't seem to impose his ideas on people, more just 'suggests'. By being almost biographical it gave me an incite to how he finds his inspiration and how it's never as easy as it seems.

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  Valentine said on Oct 12, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  S.King ci spiega come e perchè si scrive. Lo fa in maniera semplice e diretta al contrario di tanti esperti nostrani...e ricordatevi di chiudere la porta!

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  Giancarlo Bernardi said on Jan 25, 2012 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

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  Interesting Read

  This was an interesting read as it was part memoir/part technical regarding writing. I didn't really know much about King's personal life prior to reading this, but I enjoyed it.

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  Marsha said on Aug 7, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  A visit into Stephen King's mind, mostly but not only focused on his perception of himself as a writer.
  Do not expect a manual about how to write a best-seller, although King does impart some lessons: this is "just" a very good, thinly disguised autobiography of a very successful writer.

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  Marco Piva said on Feb 9, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• Paperback 288 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0743211537
• ISBN-13: 9780743211536
• Publisher: Scribner
• Pub date: Oct 01, 2000
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