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Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing
Secret Windows Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing
Author: Stephen King
One day, while in his laundry room, Stephen King squeezed behind his dryer, looked out of a window, and realized that he was seeing a garden he'd never noticed before.  This is what great writers do, he thought.  They look out of an almost forgotten window at an angle that renders the common extraordinary. — Secret Wind...  more » is an exclusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles about writers for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows" -- or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom.

Included in this collection are unpublished early fiction (very early; King was twelve when he wrote "Jumper" and "Rush call"); a pre-Carrie article with tips for selling stories to men's magazines ("The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears: A True Story"); advice to his son on writing (with the look-twice title "Great Hookers I Have Known"); recommendations to teen readers in a Seventeen article ("What Stephen King Does for Love"); a long chapter from his wonderful treatise on the horror genre ("Horror fiction" from Danse Macabre); and even a first-time-in-print short story, "In the Deathroom" (just for fun).

Intended as a companion to Stephen King's 2000 book On Writing, Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing captures the author's mind in action -- spontaneous, subversive, quirky, yet morally and ethically serious.  Together, they comprise virtually the sum of the thoughts on writing of the dominant force in American fiction for the past three decades.
ISBN-13: 9780739480311
ISBN-10: 0739480316
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 433
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Publisher: Book-of-the-Month Club
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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 Nightcrawler avatar reviewed Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing on + 207 more book reviews
This is an interesting book. It contains various writing and interviews with Stephen King regarding the craft of writing and how he got into it. I enjoyed learning about his background and how he struggled to make a living until he finally got Carrie published. This book contains a serial story by 12 year old Stephen King that he wrote for his brother's weekly newsletter called Jumper. It also includes an original short story called "In the Death Room" which was very good. It made you feel like you were there.

Interesting insight into a gifted man.
reviewed Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing on + 203 more book reviews
Mr. King's follow-up of the book On Writing. Some of his earliest stuff is in here. It's very enlightening.
justus5 avatar reviewed Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing on + 36 more book reviews
if you are into the writing field you will find this a good read.


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