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“Why shouldn’t writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane?”

I understand the unexplained feeling of putting words to paper. Good writing comes spontaneously, without explanation. The best way I can explain it is using soft focus to write and whatever the flesh is feeling, don’t resist it. Yeah, that.

King’s life is no more interesting than mine I’ve discovered. He just has a fierce almost trance-like war of writing whatever he feels down as quickly as possible. Talent is just how many times you’ve done something + how much you’ve consumed. He’s done a shit ton of both.