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On Writing
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Last discussed Oct 5, 2026
Book by Stephen King about his craft and approach to writing, part memoir and part writing guide.
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Praised: Inspiring; candid stories about King's writing process
"Stephen King has a great one on writing. Stephen King's On Writing. Really interesting. And those will just unlock in your brain and inspire you... So yeah, I'm going to tell you, read Stephen King's On Writing."
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Praised: The 10% reduction rule for second drafts
"The skill is kind of applying the Stephen King rule, which is from Stephen King's book On Writing — saying that a second draft should be a first draft minus 10%."
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Luke Grimes
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"His book on writing is fantastic, too. It's called On Writing. Stephen King. I read that one."
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