Stephen King and HOT Blogging …
September 15, 2010
HOT Blogging and Writing Circles…
How about these for HOT questions?
What do you notice about Stephen King’s writing? What does he write about? How does he invite us to pay attention to his words?
Stephen King writes, “This is not an autobiography. It is, rather, a kind of curriculum vitae–my attempt to show how one writer was formed. Not how one writer was made; I don’t believe writers can be made, either by circumstances or by self-will (although I did believe those things once).” (p. 4).
From Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Based on this first reading, discuss how SK’s life has “formed” who he is as a writer. We will continue to come back to this…
Describe any personal connections.
“The use of simile and other figurative language is one of the chief delights of fiction–reading it and writing it, as well. When it’s on target, a simile delights us in much the same way meeting an old friend in a crowd of strangers does. By comparing two seemingly unrelated objects…we are sometimes able to see an old thing in a new and vivid way. Even if the result is mere clarity instead of beauty, I think writer and reader are participating together in a kind of miracle.“ (p. 176)
