On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

And that take me back to Stephen King.

He wrote a book called On Writing, which is about the craft of writing.

And one of the things that really caught me in that book was he mentioned that he thinks writing is the closest thing we can get to a psychic connection.

So when you think about it, this is somebody sitting, creating this world.

We talk about that normally.

This is books on writing.

Hey.

So, uh, I guess the place that I wanted to start with this is kind of a broad, vague question of what do you look for in a book on writing when you pick one up?

i feel like when i'm at this point when i'm looking for a book on writing uh i really am looking for something that's not you know the the kind of the beginner round um someone who is kind of telling, talking about how they do things, how they've seen, how they see things, what have they figured out how to do? Um, because like, I think it's actually really, nope, hang on.

Sorry.

Part for part of this is like, I'm, I'm going, um, Yes, I, ages ago when we talked about doing this and story bundle had like a writing book, uh, bundle, uh, I was like, oh, I bought that.

And if that is something that makes you go, Oh, you know what? My outline is kind of holding me back and I do kind of get tired of my story after I'm done with it.

Yeah.

And I think the third book that really influenced me was On Writing by Stephen King.

And this book, he talks about how he goes through the writing process.

And I found that the book was very, very informative, very funny.

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You're giving me a great gift that I can give to writers when it was like, oh, you're a writer? It's like, well, here, I just bought you this gift, this book.

It's almost like...

The equivalent of, I know, On Writing by Stephen King and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott are two of those classic books that you gift to writers, or at least that I would gift to writers, saying these are books that you should read.

They're more about the craft, obviously.

And I would just write on my own.

And Stephen King, he had that nonfiction book called On Writing.

And he recommended 2,000 words a day.

But he said, that's me.

What's the book called again?

Oh, On Writing.

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And I think you just said like he might have an affinity for boobies or something, that he, like, mentioned it a few times.

And from what I've heard from people I follow who've released or edited books, whereas these editors have so much on their plate, they are called editors, but they just sort of Have a portfolio of authors whose books they try to, like, get to print.

Because editors used to, if we think, I think specifically of Stephen King, he talks about the, oh, I really could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure in On Writing he talks about this.

A book is written by...

Every single book is written by two people.