![]() ![]() Scribner has published two expanded editions: The 10th Anniversary Edition (2010) has an updated reading list from King and the 20th Anniversary Edition (2020) adds contributions from King's two sons, Joe Hill and Owen. Originally published in 2000 by Charles Scribner's Sons, it was King's first book after he was involved in a car accident a year earlier. ![]() Then, instead of looking at a hard job and getting discouraged, you will perhaps seize the correct tool and get immediately to work.On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is a memoir by American author Stephen King that describes his experiences as a writer and his advice for aspiring writers. If you don’t, you’re apt to find something you didn’t expect and get discouraged.” I want to suggest that to write to your best abilities, it behooves you to construct your own toolbox and then build up enough muscle so you can carry it with you. “Yeah, but Stevie,” he said, bending to grasp the handles, “I didn’t know what else I might find to do once I got out here, did I? It’s best to have your tools with you. He could have carried a screwdriver in the back pocket of his khakis. I asked him why he’d lugged Fazza’s toolbox all the way around the house, if all he’d needed was that one screwdriver. When the screen was secure, Uncle Oren gave me the screwdriver and told me to put it back in the toolbox and “latch her up.” I did, but I was puzzled. I need to do better on all of these points. A toolbox haphazardly thrown together, not carefully considered, reeks of a lack of seriousness. ![]() King goes on to point out a few of the toolbox components of worth noting.Ī writer should approach their task with an adequate toolbox at the ready. Simply put: You need what you need when you need it. Here is where Steven King points out the necessity of the writer’s toolbox. ![]()
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