Stephen King

Forfatteren forteller om sitt liv, og gir et innblikk i hva det vil si å være forfatter, hvordan man bør gå fram om man ønsker å bli det, og hvordan han selv er blitt den han er i dag. I to selvbiografiske partier forteller han først om barndom og oppvekst fram til de vanskelige og avgjørende årene som førte fram til utgivelsen av hans første bok, Carrie. I den andre biografiske delen forteller han om den tragiske ulykken som nær sagt kostet han livet. I kapitlene Verktøykassa og Om å skrive, øser han av sine erfaringer, og svarer på både på spørsmål han har fått på seminarer, og som han har ønsket å få.

a memoir of the craft

On writing

In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft - and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his moths of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever. Rarely has a book on writing been so clear, so useful, and so revealing. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. A series of vivid memories from adolescence, college, and the struggling years that led up to his first novel, Carrie, will afford readers a fresh and often very funny perspective on the formation on the writer. King next turns to the basic tools of his trade - how to sharpen and multiply them through use, and how the writer must always have them close at hand. He takes the reader through crucial aspects of the writer's art and life, offering practical and inspiring advice on everything from plot and character development to work habits and rejection. Serialized in the New Yorker to vivid acclaim, On Writing culminates with a profoundly moving account of how King's overwhelming need to write spurred him toward recovery, and brought him back to his life.Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower - and entertain - everyone who reads it

In June of 1999, Stephen King was hit by a van while walking along the shoulder of a country road in Maine. Six operations were required to save his life and mend his broken body. When he was finally able to sit up, he immediately started writing. This book is the extraordinary result.
On Writing begins with a mesmerising account of King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing. A series of vivid memories from adolescence, college and the struggling years which led up to King's first novel, Carrie, affords readers a fresh and often very funny perspective on the formation of a writer's character. King takes the reader through the crucial aspects of the writer's art and life, offering practical and inspiring advice on everything from plot and character development to work habits and rejection.
On Writing culminates in King's profoundly moving and unflinching account of his recent, near-fatal accident - an accident which could almost have come from one of his novels - and of how his overwhelming need to write spurred him towards recovery last year.
Brilliantly structured and inspiring, On Writing will empower anyone who reads it.

Stephen Bocking

This volume offers a unique insight into the life of Stephen King. It finds out what books and films influenced him as a young writer, his first idea for a story and the true life tale that inspired Carrie.