good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right tout of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. “Let’s get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers. There were more doors than one person could ever open in a lifetime, I thought (and still think).” p.28 “I remember an immense feeling of possibility at the idea, as if I had been ushered into a vast building filled with closed doors and had been given leave to open any I liked. On what it feels like to have an idea for a story when he was 8 years old. We are writers, and we never ask one another where we get our ideas we know we don’t know.” vii We like each other, and we like having a chance to talk sometimes about the real job, the day job people are always telling us not to quit. “We do it for the music, but we also do it for the companionship. Several times, he claims not to know, that it’s magical, but he gives a handful of good accounts. While the book is on writing, King spends a lot of time talking about ideas where they come from, how they are made, how they feel, and how he hates being asked about where he gets his ideas. Advice wrapped in no-BS tone and amusing stories. Writer’s toolbox: The tools and skills you need to be a writer.This kid loved stories, this man writes at all costs. However, anyone with a longstanding affair with words, ideas, and stories will read this book quickly and with pleasure. I'd recommend the book to any writers, especially younger ones who are interested in fiction. Not to mention, King is extremely quotable. A nice mix of no-bullshit, heartening advice and autobiography. Easy to pick up and reenter almost anytime.
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