Well, this section was… Not exactly boring, but I really could not keep my attention on it. The humorous comments were the main reason that I kept reading and trying to maintain any sort of focus. The comparison of writing to telepathy is pretty unique though. Although I must admit, right before the toolbox section, he said we should do something more productive like wash a car, and I really rather would be, because after that first section, he gets incredibly repetitive. He also seems like, in the “Toolbox” section, he expects the audience of the book to be older, more experienced readers. He even states that “this isn’t high school”. Sorry Mr. King, but it is! Anyway, I appreciated the lack of massive grammar section, but he was wise to state clearly that noun and verb sentences were acceptable if you can get away with it. I lost all interest in the sections following, but with quotes like “I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs”, it was made clear how he felt about the specifics of grammar. The “On Writing” section was incredibly hard to get through. I could not get through any of the paragraphs with any focus, because his language was so varied and made references I did not understand (Ex: Ephemeral craving vs. quacking box). He did delve into some deep meanings in what writing is and should be, though. The only thing that I really got from what I’ve read from this section is that good writing is better than TV, and that writing requires good description, I’m not going to lie. Maybe it was just a bad attempt at reading, but I'm not really sure.
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