Kings Rules on Writing

Stephen King gives 16 pieces of writing advice in On

Writing. With your group, come to a consensus and
rank Kings ideas from 1 to 16with 1 being most
important to our class goals.
_______Write a lot, read a lot.
_______ Continue, write until youre finished.
_______Have a place to write.
_______Writebut tell the truth.
_______Plan, but allow for change
_______You need a happy medium of (clear)
description, narration, and dialogue.
_______Show, dont telldialogue helps with
characterization.

Group Members:

How did your group decide on the ranking?

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Justify your number one? Describe your reasoning.
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_______Draw from real life.

_______Use anything (rhetorical or literary devices)
that improves your writing.
_______You may not see what improves your writing
until you re-read and revise.
_______Revise your writing after it gets cold.
_______Know your audiencewrite to them.
_______Research but what write what you know.
_______Want to write.
_______Good presentation counts.
_______Writing is not life, but it can be a way back to
life.

Which piece of advice did your group most disagree on?

Explain.
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