Summary Of Toolbox

By Stephen King

Stephen King, in his chapter titled "Toolbox" in On Writing, aims to convince the struggling writer that taking simple steps to organize a metaphorical box of writing tools will improve their writing. He does so through the use of organization, substance, and style and by appealing to his audience with logical examples to support his claims. "Toolbox" is, in summary, a crash course given by King onwriting improvement. He depicts the fundamentals of good writing as levels of a toolbox then demonstrates how and when each writing tool should be used (King 106–107). The chapter is a veritable response to the question, "How can I improve my writing?" which one can imagine King is routinely asked as a world–renowned author. He already enjoyed an immensely successful writing career when Hodder published On Writing in 2012, so King wrote the chapter "Toolbox" as literary advice to fellow writers by drawing from his own success ("Stephen King"). "Toolbox" is organized into five sections. King begins the chapter with a simple story explaining the usefulness of a physical toolbox for handy chores around the house (King 103–106). He chooses to place this section at the beginning to warm readers up to the idea of a metaphorical toolbox of writing tools. Once King makes the logical connection between an actual toolbox and a virtual toolbox, he analyzes vocabulary as the first writing tool. Vocabulary is the most common tool, so King places it at the beginning of theargument (King 107–111). The next three sections of the chapter each address a different aspect of writing, treating them as levels of a toolbox (King 111–129). King organizes the middle of the chapter "Toolbox" in a specific order that immerses his audience in the act of digging through a toolbox, layer by layer. The final section continues the metaphor into comparing pieces of writing to buildings (King 127–131). Due to his use of organization, upon finishing the chapter, King leaves his fellow writers with a vivid picture of the old, rickety toolbox and the motivation to begin construction on a literary building. Another key element of King's rhetorical organization is the method of information clustering he chooses. Within the distinct levels of the

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The story written by Stephen King in Reading To Write, confirm to us that when you are interested in achieving something, you have to be willing to put in the efforts. You cannot assume to take on a task without doing something outside the box. Putting effort, love and joy into a work will help achieve a goal faster. Becoming a writer necessity a lot of reading, many sacrifice, and passion to be recognize as a writer. Willing to read multiple article or Novel will prepared you to great experience, it helps you to discover you talent. It open your eyes on your mistake and you progress, and give your ability to write. According to King, there are two kinds ofwriting, bad reading, and good writing. Reading frequently offer you opportunity to avoid bad prose when you are writing, an example of Nobel like Asteroid Miners, and so many more. On the others hand you have, it helps you to learn about the style, the graceful narration, plot development, the creation of believable characters, and truth–telling.

This paragraph is teaching us that, to do something great, we need to put work on...show more content... Reading one articles over and over push you to write like the writer. He shows us his own experience said, "When I read Ray Bradbury as a kid, I wrote like Ray Bradbury everything green and wondrous and see through a lens smeared with the grease of nostalgia. When I read James M. Cain, everything I wrote came out clipped and stripped and hard–boiled."(212)King puts passion in reading and writing, by his teenage ages everything change, and his found his own style. This prove that practice make us perfect, when you have love for one domain and you put hard work, you succeed. We have to learn also that talent it is no enough, for we can see example of his son with saxophone lessons. Time, love, passion joy, determination help us to achieve our

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Stephen King is a very complex, experienced writer. He has elaborate stories that catch any type of reader. In the book Stephen King On Writing he teaches us his experiences with writing and in his own opinion how writing works, from the inside out. He shares that the editor or person revising your page may not always be correct but to take the advice given and use it to your best in your writing. Imagination is only as far as we let it go and that we can stretch our brains to reach boundaries there were thought unapproachable. Although being descriptive is the ideal way to write, being too descriptive can prevent you from actually getting your point across. Taking things too literal from a person revising your paper may lower confidence, or even make your paper worse, but what I have learned from reading this elaborate book is that you have to be able to take...show more content...

Although some may not have the mind that other do, imagination is a wild thing. King states "sometimes the most basic skills can create things far beyond our expectations?" I take this as if that basic skills building up can create or make an imagination grow to its full potential. The better you get at something and the more it is practiced the better you become at it. With building stronger skills comes a stronger imagination and put those skills to the test. Imagination allows us to create things unimaginable. Description is a key component in writing an essay. In the book, King tells us that creating a good writer out of a decent writer is all possible as long as the writer practices fundamentals and a huge fundamental is being able to be descriptive. Staring an essay you must be able to use words that can grab the readers attention and make them want to read more. Using strong adjectives as in humungous, majestic, and extravagant are a big way to grab attention to the audience. King teaches us practicing being descriptive will help us become an overall better

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No one ever gets used to nightmares. Dreaming of being constantly chased by monsters or falling to our doom from high buildings brings the chills to everyone. In Stephen King's essay "Why We Crave Horror Movies," he claims that we are daring the nightmare when we watch horror movies. In his view, the nightmare of horror movies relieves our own mental illness. While King may be right about people having some type of mental illness, he's wrong when claiming that people go watch horror movies as a positive outlet. King is mistaken in his claim that people see horror movies for personal pleasure. Not all people find horror movies emotionally soothing. According to King, "The fun comes from seeing others menaced – sometimes killed" (6). This statement is false since people aren't generally amused by the sight of a dead...show more content... Resembling snowflakes, people are different and unique. Numerous amounts of people may not enjoy the horror theme due to the focus on macabre imagery, whereas others crave the need to watch the apprehensive lynching. Humans watch horror movies for a variety of reasons: either it's to get your crush to curl into your arms or just simply being dared to view it. Nobody actually "craves" horror movies for the reason that everyone has their own opinion on everything. When King begins the essay with the statement: "I think that we're all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better", he's only explaining one man's opinion of the state of our culture, his (1). The statement is merely a very broad generalization in which the author projects his own mental state onto the whole of humanity. Later in King's essay, he even proclaims that a potential lyncher exists in almost all of us, "excluding saints" (9). King's gory fantasies are incredibly projected on his own dark imaginations and horror film cravings onto everyone. This rationalizes King's otherwise morally unacceptable profession and Get

Stephen King's Life

Stephan King is easily one of the most well–known writers in the horror genre. Often regarded as "The Master of Horror," King's impact on the horror genre is remarkable, and he has written both books and screenplays. Many of his works have been turned into movies, further increasing his popularity. Most people at least vaguely know whoStephen King is, but not many know his real story. In today's time Stephen King entrances audiences and his classic books are converted into screenplays for movies. Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, in 1947 (King). His full name is Stephen Edwin King and he was the second son of Donald King and Nellie King (King). When Steven was just a toddler Donald and Nellie split apart, and...show more content...

His first professional short story "The Glass Floor" was sold to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967 (King). During the early years of Stephan and Tabitha's relationship Stephan continuously sold separate short stories to men 's magazine publications (King).

In 1971 Stephen started his high school teaching career as an English teacher at Hampden Academy which is a public high school in Hampden, Maine (King). Even though he was a teacher, in the evenings and weekends he made time to write short stories and novels (King). In 1973 Stephen hit a break when Doubleday & Co. agreed to publish his novel Carrie, allowing him to quit teaching and write as a full time job (King). In the summer of 1973 Stephen moved his family to southern Maine because of his mother's failing health (King). The King's rented a summer home on Sebago Lake in North Windham for the winter where he wrote what was originally titled The Second Coming, but the name changed to Jerusalem's Lot and then finally 'Salems Lot (King). During his time at the summer home his mother passed away from cancer at the premature age of 59 (King). In the fall of 1974, the Kings left Maine and went to the city of Boulder in Colorado (King). They only lived in Boulder for a short period of time, in fact less than a year, but during that time he wrote The Shining, one of his best selling books (King). Afterwards, Get more content

Meghan DeWinne

Mr.White

GT English III 2nd Period

10 September 2017

King, Stephen E. Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of The Craft. NY, Scribner, 2000.

In Stephen King's autobiography, On Writing: A Memoir of The Craft, he draws the reader into his world by giving them a taste of his upbringing and outside influences to explain exactly how he became a successful author. He has published dozens of top selling fictional novels throughout his career, and because of this it is safe to assume he has adapted a well polished, reader friendly technique that any fan of his novels or aspiring fictional author would find interesting. King believes any good writer must always be honest when putting their inner thoughts to paper, and this memoir is no exception. OnWritingis an attempt by King to let others know how he came to the craft, what he's learned, and how to execute...show more content... He explains what things he himself appropriates in his writing and things he chooses to avoid. He talks about using appropriate vocabulary, which is usually always the first word that comes to mind, stresses why a writer should never use adverbs, of which he loathes, and provides examples of what he believes to be good and bad writing and why. When he describes what he believes to be good writing, he does not reference modern day writing masterpieces or award winning pieces, he simply is describing work that is proficient, readable, and maybe even publishable. He describes two key components to 'good writing', these are to have a good understanding of the fundamentals, and to use the correct apparatus (142). These criteria cannot make a bad writer good or a good writer great, but it can make good writers out of merely competent writers (145). King urges writers to write what they know, not only in their minds but in their hearts and imaginations

Stephen King's "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" is a marvelous and unusual text. Within the first part of his book, also called C.V., he explains his life experience up to the day he finishes the book. King expresses his life with multiple literary elements that assist the readers on imagining his life of adventures, catastrophes, fears, and loves. Following are three of my favorite passages that caught my attention. King gets drunk for the first time on his senior class trip to Washington. He expresses that "At some point after that I am in my bed. The bed holds still but the room starts to spin around it, faster and faster. It occurs to me that it's spinning like a turntable of my Webcor phonograph, on which I use to play Fats Domino and now play Dylan Clark Five. The room is the turntable, I am the spindle, and pretty soon the spindle is going to start tossing its platters," (King 89), shows how King was so drunk, that he imagined the room was spinning. In this passage, King gives off the impression of how it feels to be drunk by applying imagery about how the room is "spinning like a turntable", making him dizzy. The excerpt also includes the metaphor "The room is a turntable, I am the spindle..." he is...show more content... He states "Look–here's a table covered with a red cloth. On it is a cage the size of a small fish aquarium. In the cage is a white rabbit with a pink nose and pink–rimmed eyes. In its front paws is a carrot–stub which it is contentedly munching. On its back, clearly marked in blue ink, is the numeral 8," (King 105). Stephen mentions the rabbit in a cage to send a "telepathic" image to the reader, which is also known as imagery. To receive this message, we read the detailed paragraph he writes which creates the wonderful or horrifying image in our heads. King's idea of telepathy is true, even if it's not the real definition. It made me realize, somethings aren't as complicated as they Get more content

Stephen King's book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is both entertaining and instructive; it describes King's writing process in a compelling way and offers advice towards improving the reader's own writing process. I believe his writing process is coherent and effective. While reading the book I thought that he explained techniques well and gave enough evidence to show his methods work. I found myself stopping several times while reading and thinking something along the lines of "Why didn't I ever realize that?" A lot of hiswriting process seemed so simple after he explained it that I felt disappointed in myself for not already knowing it. However, I did observe some similarities between King's writing process and my own. One of these similarities regarded revision. Late in the book King describes a note he received from the editor of a magazine; it included the formula "2nd Draft = 1st Draft – 10%" (King 222) King says that when he revises he naturally adds more while others may naturally take things out. After receiving this note he began making a conscious effort to remove material when revising. I always eliminate excess when revising, so in this way our writing processes are alike. Another resemblance I noticed was that King does not stop working because something is hard. He says that stopping work because it is difficult is not a good idea, you should continue working. I definitely already work through any difficulties. I think that while a fresh

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It seems as if Stephen King is having more and more of his stuff getting adaptations. We first saw the new trailer for IT a few weeks ago, but it's the trailer for The Dark Tower that fans have been itching for. It's on the list books that will be too difficult to produce since the entire series of books is over 4,000 pages long, but Hollywood managed to realize that people want a huge franchise again. Premise: Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger, is locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim (Matthew McConaughey), also known as the Man in Black. The Gunslinger must prevent the Man in Black from toppling the Dark Tower, the key that holds the universe together. With the fate of worlds at stake, two men collide in the ultimate

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Stephen King

IT the Original

"IT" one of many movies and books by Stephen King. This horror movie was made in 1990 and is known for its main character Pennywise the Dancing Clown, and a child murderer who comes back to the small town of dairy every 27 years. This movie will get your undivided attention whether you are fifty years or 15 years old, and whether you love or hate clowns. The story line is very well written and the actors could not have been any more of a perfect fit for the characters they played. There is a reason IT is still one of the number one Stephen King movies ever made.

This movie is and always has been a success with people of any and every age. Bake in 1990 when this film was released it was one of the most horrorfying films of

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Stephen King

"Each life makes its own imitation of immortality." is exactly what Stephen King, one of top selling writers in history said when quoting on his own life. As one of the most renowned and famous authors of modern history, Stephen King has published a countless and immense number of bestsellers and worldwide hits. The King of Terror Stephen Edwin King is one of today's most popular and best–selling writers. His countless number of books have circled around the homes of millions of readers who are so intrigued by some of his most famous works. His works continue to embody the minds and fears of its reader while increasingly becoming ever more popular. Stephen King is not only a figure of present history but also a household...show more content... in English and qualified to teach on the high school level.

The next year King and Tabitha Spruce were married in January 1971. He met Tabitha in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University of Maine at Orono where they both worked as students. According to kings official website "Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many of these were later gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies." These were some of the earlier writings that started the worldwide love for his amazing writing talent. During the fall of 1971, King started teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. King would write short stories on the weekends and evenings while he had free time. One of his first major works Carrie, was accepted for publication by Doubleday & Co. on the spring of 1973. Later in the summer of 1973 "Stephen wrote his next–published novel, originally titled Second Coming and then Jerusalem's Lot, before it became Salem's Lot, in a small room in the garage. During this period, Stephen's mother died of cancer, at the age of 59." Carrie was then officially published in the spring of 1974 and that same fall, the Kings left Maine for Boulder, Colorado. They lived there for a little less than a year, Get more content