On Writing, Blog 1

          Like anyone who you would tell to read the first one hundred pages about a book about writing, literally entitled On Writing, I was dreading buying (or downloading rather) this book. I had heard that the CV section was actually pretty funny and I know some of these movie buff guys have a really good sense of humor so I did have a better expectation than when I first bought it. The first sentence already had me cracking up, reading the words “I joined a rock-and-roll band composed mostly of writers.”, I pictured all of my past English teachers in a rock band, of course, with Mrs. Shoemake singing because that's just funny. I can relate to just about anything when it comes to music. When he mentions the sentence, “We do it for the music, but we also do it for the companionship.”, I automatically highlighted it. This sentence reminded me of sitting in those long, boring wind ensemble rehearsals coming up with inside jokes with the guy next to me is just about as fun as playing the instrument itself. After the section that talked a bit about music I then remembered I was reading a book for English, but it still had plenty more hysterical antics within the rest of the entire section. While I do understand that this is just a sort of introduction to the book I really do feel like I have learned a lot about Stephen King and I've never read any of his actual books! But now I can see with the next title page that this is when he starts talking about actual writing. This of course is to be expected because it is English class and the title is On Writing. Overall, like most people I really was surprised in his detailed memory and sense of humor. With this background information I do feel that I will enjoy the rest of the book much more than without the introduction.