On Writing

I find writing and grammar both a little scary so when I began reading On Writing by Stephen King I was hiding under the covers of my bed timidly turning the pages, nervously awaiting for the story to unfold into a nightmare of man-eating adverbs appearing from the passive tense to haunt the house of an elderly English professor.

Much to my relief, the story was of a different nature altogether.

I found it refreshing to read something by Stephen King that could not be categorized in the horror-fiction genre. While reading On Writing I was able to truly focus on the style of his writing, something, I will admit, that I often ignore when I get into a good fiction novel.
The way Mr. King broke down the components that lead to well written fiction were easy to grasp.

I am one of those writers (I should actually refer to my self as a wanna'be writer) that gets completely flustered when faced with a blank page. The blank page is not magical - it's scary as hell to me!

Stephen King made it not so scary anymore (that's quite an oxymoronic statement) yet it is true, and I feel that I can begin to approach writing in a manner similar to the way he suggests. One thing will be definitely be different: I won't have a carpenter box full of tools, I would like to think that I have a jewelry box full of beautiful gems.