On Writing
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"Books are a uniquely portable magic."
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"The adverb is not your friend."
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"I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops."
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"write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."
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"If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."
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"Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s."
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"The scariest moment is always just before you start."
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"Put another way, to write is human, to edit is divine."
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"Life isn’t a support-system for art. It’s the other way around."
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"Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page."
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Introduction
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Chapter summary
This outline follows the Scribner 20th-anniversary trade paperback (2020; ISBN 978-1-9821-5937-5).[1][2]
📖 1 – First Foreword.
🧭 2 – Second Foreword.
🗣️ 3 – Third Foreword.
📜 4 – C.V..
🧠 5 – What Writing Is.
🧰 6 – Toolbox.
✍️ 7 – On Writing.
❤️🩹 8 – On Living: A Postscript.
🚪 9 – And Furthermore, Part I: Door Shut, Door Open.
📚 10 – And Furthermore, Part II: A Booklist.
➕ 11 – Further to Furthermore, Part III.
🔭 12 – Even Further to Furthermore, Part IV.
🎧 13 – Owen King: Recording Audiobooks for My Dad, Stephen King.
💬 14 – Joe Hill: A Conversation with My Dad.
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