on writing - stephen king

writing is "telepathy"

build, maintain, understand your toolbox
so when you find problems you're more likely to have the right approach
or a clever one

some comments on vocab and grammar

suggests paragraphs are the basic units of writing

2 main points
good writing consists of mastering fundamentals (vocab, grammar, style) and building a good toolbox
it's possible to make a good writer out of a competent one
	(even if you can't go from awful to competent or from good to great)

read and write a lot
	to experience good and bad stuff

comments on level of detail
letting the reader match their own expectations if it's not critical

show instead of tell when possible

description, dialogue, character development, theme, pacing, symbolism

drafts, waiting to reread
reduce length on rewrites

example of before and after editing of part of 1408

suggested books to read