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    In "Everything You Need To Know About Writing Successfully — In Ten Minutes‚" Stephen King describes all the process of how to write a good paper and a great essay. Stephen was born in Portland in 1947‚ and he started to write stories since he was a child.       The boundary of his interest about writing began when he found a box of horror and science fiction novels in his aunt’s house.       Since this event‚ he has had writing many novels‚ series‚ short stories‚ novellas‚ and screenplays that were

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    Author: Stephen King. This book is the first book I have read by this author.I am going to read more books by him. Genre: This book is a horror fiction which most of King’s books are categorized in. I have never read any books by Stephen King but I plan on reading more. This book was a great entrance book to Stephen King written books. Title: “The Long Walk” makes you wonder what is the walk about and what makes it so long. It caught my eye when I searching for a book by this author to read. It fits

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    Stephen King is a great author like you all know. He wrote a great book in the 90’s that changed the way people looked at love. With reading the book “Gerald’s Game” you will understand what I mean. The story is intense‚ crazy‚ and even heart breaking at times. In order to understand you need to know the rules correct? Here are some rules to play Gerald’s Game. Aren’t they most important things about a book include who exactly is in it? I’m going to tell you a little about my characters Jessie

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    The Actual King Stephen King’s On Writing “A Memoir of the Craft” is a book written and edited by the man himself Stephen King. Stephen King was born in Maine in 1947 and it was then‚ when a world-renowned writer was born. Unlike this book his work usually focuses on Horror as well as a little supernatural‚ science fiction‚ fantasy and more. Not being a horror book King strays from his origins to write a memoir and a teaching book all in one. On writing is a book containing scenes of King’s life

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    author that asserts his respect for the English word is Stephen King. In On Writing on pages 129 through 131‚ King shares the approach that every new writer should acquire in order to create magic. King’s diction‚ figurative language‚ and detail portray his appreciation and diligence to the art of writing‚ which he emphasizes by revealing basic strategies every writer should acquire. The diction

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    The Shining Mountain summary The Shining Mountain is about a young girl called Pangma-La and her father who is a famous mountain-climber. Because he is famous he expects quite a lot from his daughter. In school Pangma-La is picked on because of her extraordinary name but her father tells her to be proud of being named after a shining mountain. Pangma-La and her father decide to climb the shining mountain so Pangma-La begins her training. After training the skills she needs for a long time Pangma-La

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    Stephen Kings Children of the Corn is a short story about a couple (Burt and Vicky) who explores a strange town‚ but ends up face to face with a ironic twist when they attempt to flee from children who intentions are not quite normal. The plot of this story takes on the profound message of role switching truths‚ and likewise correlations of the spiritual beliefs that our society has obtained. Through the literary devices of characters and allusion Stephen King takes symbolic representation on the

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    Leadership is what the main character Clay has that makes him a survivor Leadership is not a position it`s earned by an action which proves one worthy In the novel Cell by Stephen King‚ clay shows great leadership qualities in his quick decisions and how much he cares for others. “Let’s break into his house and steal all his guns‚ we can’t fight without guns anymore they outnumber us now” (King 106).

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    The Shining (1980) is creative director Stanley Kubrick’s intense‚ epic‚ gothic horror film and haunted house masterpiece - a beautiful‚ stylish work that distanced itself from the blood-letting and gore of most modern films in the horror genre. (The film waits until its climax to provide the typical catharctic bloody violence of most traditional horror films.) The film’s source material from science-fiction/horror author Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel (his third novel under his own name)

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    Analysis: The Shining Mountain Summary: Pangma-la’s father has named her after a mountain‚ that’s also called The Shining Mountain. She’s teased about her name in school‚ and her schoolmates are more interested in her father‚ who’s a famous mountaineer. He has big expectation to Pangma-la‚ and she feels like she’s failing. She decides that she will make him proud‚ and begins to practice in climbing mountains. Pangma-la and her father‚ goes to The Shining Mountain with the goal to reach the

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