It has always been a mystery as to what goes on inside the mind of a true genius. When someone does something amazing, the first question commonly asked is if he or she just has pure talent, because that’s all we see: the talent. What is hardly ever talked about is what is on the other side of the wall. The tireless struggle, the failures, the turndowns, the put downs, people saying “you will never make it in life”, the focus and determination: all of these things are what lies beyond the other side of the wall. In Stephen King’s memoir, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, King brings the reader along through his memories of the past and talks about what inspired him in his journey to becoming one of the most renowned writers of all time. On
