Stephen King Reading To Write Analysis

Rhetorical analysis of Stephen King’s, “Reading to Write”
Novelist Stephen King branches off in this piece, to orchestrate the correlation between reading and writing, and to answer the question of if the two skills are related. He bases these claims off of his own personal experience as an author. The article is published at a high point of his career, now having enough respect as an author to instruct others on the craft. King’s purpose is to instruct the reader, more specifically, young writers. He wishes to inform them of the importance of reading, and how the things you read will affect what you end up producing with your own paper and pen. Not only does his comfortable writing style attract aspiring authors, but also readers of his own …show more content…
This is relatable to the audience, as most of us do have our own “Asteroid Miners”, something that sets the bar for our standards of literature that is good and bad, and pushes us to surpass the latter. Repetition of the word zestful gives us a personal picture of Stephen King, and how the novel caused him disgust towards the diction. Yet, he goes on to say, “Asteroid Miners” was an important book in my life as a reader.” Why does he say this? Trial and error. Disappointment is something many young writers can relate to when they start out, and King puts an emphasis on this by including the mention of this novel, and stressing its importance of how it teaches you what not to do, instead of the good qualities of the prose. The statement, “I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this!” is a prime example of this goal. He’s attempting to voice the opinion that if you want to become good at something, you must first experience the bad as well. It provides a truthful perspective, based on his own experience in a young reader’s shoes, but also a perspective many of his audience would find