Stephen King's Essay 'Reading To Write'

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In Stephen King’s essay “Reading to Write” the author insists that if we want to be good writers, we have to read…a lot. King explains how he got started on reading. He was in the eighth grade when he picked up a tale about mining. I too remember the first book that I loved or rather found interesting. It was The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. In this book by Kate DiCamillo, a little girl named Abilene has a little china rabbit whom she ends up losing. The entire book then goes on this miraculous journey to find the china rabbit, Edward. Something such as a book, tale, or even essay can leave such a large imprint on our lives, as revealed by king through “Reading to Write.”

One (my mother) might say that I am a good reader, but the

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