In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

In his introduction to " The Bachman Books , " King states that adopting the nom de plume Bachman was also an attempt to make sense out of his career and try to answer the question of whether his success was due to talent or luck .
In the start of " The Bachman Books , " King said using the " nom de plume " Bachman was to see if his success was due to talent or luck .