On Writing, Post 5: Overall Thoughts on the Novel

I absolutely loved this book. An expectation I had was that it would be boring (considering it is basically writing lessons). Boy, was I wrong. Stephen King has a wonderful personality, and quite the sense of humor. (I disrupted my whole house, laughing, when he says "That makes two of us, Mom." on page 25.) Moreover, I rather expected a scarier man than King turned out to be due to his genre of choice: horror. But, his lightness in describing his encounters with evil babysitters, rejections, teachers, and, most of all, writing turned this book into a page turner. I'm so happy this was an assigned book, because I doubt I'd have found it otherwise. I'm glad to have read it and have no doubt I'll remember much of what he said the next time I'm writing a story (or essay!).