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In my opinion the one of the best (if not the best) examples of writing I have ever read and I can really identify with these words sometimes. It is the opening to Stephen King's novella The Body from the book Different Seasons(Later to be made into the excellent film Stand By Me ( Read more... )

In my opinion the one of the best (if not the best) examples of writing I have ever read and I can really identify with these words sometimes. It is the opening to Stephen King's novella The Body from the book Different Seasons(Later to be made into the excellent film Stand By Me ( Read more... )

Well, I've spent the last couple days sick on bed for the most part, but it's still been a semi productive and interesting time, because I've been doing some reading, a lot of it from one of the best books I think i've ever read about the craft of writing called (oddly enough) On Writing by Stephen King. In this particular section the author is ( Read more... )