Comparing Stephen King And Wally Lamb

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A successful published author will always have a story to tell about their failures, fears, and the people that impacted their writing. For authors such as Stephen King, his process of writing begins with a small idea, that sometimes sticks around and evolved into main characters or they become irrelevant by the end of his novel. During a podcast, Stephen King advices young writers to read a lot, write a lot, and continue to be inspired by their writing. Similar to Stephen King, another great fictional novelist by the name of Wally Lamb constantly changes the process of each novel he writes. For instance, he can be inspired by a voice, moving image, music or they can come to him via-anecdote. It is only very important to note that every author

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