Krisztina Nagy’s Reviews > On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft > Status Update

The almost-end-of-it really moved me. When Stephen says he writes because it’s fun, because he just loves doing it.
And also how he was lacking in confidence when he wrote this book. He really shows humility here and I respect that.

There were some funny bits here, about whether writers need to learn in writing classes, I really enjoyed this part!

Haha, Mr King explained the swearing on the most recent pages I read and I get it now... it’s to do with upbringing, social life and the kinds of characters he’s writing about.
Fair play.
Hopefully I’ll read more tonight. On Writing is a good book, obviously I am a very different person to Stephen, but it’s pointless to compare.

The writing advice given is great, but there was a task (the only task in the book) to write a story about domestic abuse and I don’t think I’ll do it. I’m a YA author and I avoid writing about such things in my work, I understand how it would be a great exercise though.
Also, there’s some swearing.
On the bright side, there are some really good examples, I loved the turkey sandwich one. 😂