Blog #11

The 11th blog post about writing. On Writing. 

There are no bad dogs which can translate to there are no bad books. There are no bad writers but there are lots of bad books. So Stephen King believes that every writer, no matter how mediocre, is capable of writing a couple good stories. The writers at the bottom of the pyramid, however, can never become competent writers. But the competent writers who mastered the basics and filled that third level of the toolbox can become great writers. This unorthodox idea is commonly rejected by many people but why is it rejected? People with a God born gift for writing may be the only writers good enough to go into legend but perhaps others can disprove that idea.

Stephen King's words of wisdom: "...if you don't want to work your ass off, you have no business trying to write well..." (144). It's like saying if you don't want to work hard in an AP class, why bother even taking it in the first place? Some lazy people didn't do any work just to bomb the AP test. I'm getting sidetracked. 


The person who's willing to write has to do two things apparently: read a lot and write a lot. Reading will supposedly let us slowly master the fundamentals of literature. While writing will just condition us for those long sessions sitting at a desk. This piece of advice will be invaluable to the people who are taking AP Language. The books we read have their own lessons in there but the bad ones usually teach more than the new ones, ironically. Hopefully the books I've been reading give me lessons on how to write literature like Shakespeare. Minus the old cryptic English. At first we may have to adopt a certain writer's style but it is only the first step in developing our own unique writing style. I honestly hope my writing will be humorous and not dirt boring. 

The person who is in a business just for the money has no belonging there, unless it's a job no one is even willing to take. It's especially bad when a writer is in the business only for the money, we get poopy stories at our own expense.  On the bright side, when a writer can see and hear the echoes of his or her life, then it's likely they will be invested into the story.

Stephen King encourages the writer to write what they want and make it come to life by imbuing it with your own experiences and work. Essentially the stories we write are the physical and spiritual manifestation of ourselves.