num_pages: 320
description: The author of The Stand, The Shining, and other great books shares his insights into the craft of writing, offering a breezy, humorous perspective on his own experience as a writer and describing how the inextricable bond between life and writing helped him recover from a near-fatal accident in 1999. Reprint.
language: English
title: On Writing
titlecomplete: On Writing
characters: Stephen King
genres: Autobiography, Self Help, Books About Books, Reference, Biography Memoir, Biography, Audiobook, Writing, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 278091
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Writing
publisher: Pocket Books