Stephen King Research Paper

I’ve always been a fan of Stephen King’s novels. However, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I realized he had written a book on writing. Why would he be writing a dull, technical book after all his successes with his science fiction novels? Within the first few pages, it was quite evident that King was not writing that dull, technical novel I had envisioned. King has written a memoir of his journey of writing. In my eyes, he has another winner here. I automatically related to King because of his unsettled childhood. King described his memories as out of focus snapshots. I have always described mine as a jigsaw puzzle with many missing pieces. King was generous enough to share some of his writing revelations with us such as: 1. “The editor is always right.” 2. “To write is human, to edit is divine.” 3. “Imitation precedes creation.” 4. “Don’t Staple Manuscripts.” …show more content…
I also had an experience with a standard Royal typewriter at one of my first “real” jobs. I worked in the personnel office at a large nut and bolt manufacturing company in Elgin, Illinois. The employment manager supplied me with numerous reports for typing, which required seven to ten copies per report. Needless to say, my typewriter was the trusty old standard Royal. I wasn’t permitted to use the copy machine (truth be known, I’m not even sure we had one). I used onion skin paper with carbon paper between each sheet. Typing errors were a bitch because there was no Wite Out or correction tape capable of fixing errors on the copies. Therefore, I was forced to use a pencil shaped ink