Stephen King's 2000 part-memoir, part-writing guide — combining an autobiography of his early life with practical advice on the craft of fiction — the most widely read and recommended book on writing craft.
Creates the craft memoir as a writing guide — On Writing's combination of personal narrative (addiction, near-death accident) with practical craft advice (read widely, write daily, kill your darlings, first drafts are skeletons) is the model for the author-as-writing-teacher genre.
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