Original sentence: In King's nonfiction book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, King discusses his writing style at great length and depth.King also has a simple definition for talent in writing: "If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented" (from "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes").King believes that good stories cannot be called consciously and should not be plotted out beforehand but are better served by focusing on a single "seed" of a story and letting the story build itself from there
Edited sentence: "If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.From "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes".In King's excellent nonfiction book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, King discusses his writing style at great length and depth.King also has a simple definition for talent in writing:.King believes that good stories cannot be called consiously and should not be plotted out beforehand but are better served by focusing on a single "seed" of a story and letting the story build itself from there