In 1999, the news spread around the world: Stephen King was hit by a van, and the popular writer suffered serious, life-threatening injuries. Fortunately - and to the delight of readers - King recovered. He wrote it during his convalescence, or more precisely, he finished the work he started in 1997 and then set aside, Writing About Writing. This time, King does not want to make his dear and loyal readers shudder, but instead tells them how he became a writer and introduces them to the mysteries of the profession.

In his usual dynamic style, interwoven with humor, he talks about his childhood, to put it mildly, that he was sick of - how they moved from city to city, how much his mother struggled to support the family, childhood pranks -, about his initial difficulties, when his writings were regularly rejected, about his alcohol problems, and then about the breakthrough Carrie in 1974. And from then on, his career went straight up, which is still unbroken to this day.

He initiates his readers into the secrets of his workshop, and through examples taken from world literature and from his own narrative, he illustrates how his creation process takes place - from the first, raw version to the finished work. Meanwhile, he also takes the time to encourage his readers who are inclined to write, providing them with good advice. Stephen King's fans - getting to know their favorite author from his new page - can get a glimpse of how the works they love so much, exciting, with so many pleasant-creepy moments are made, but the volume can be extremely entertaining for anyone who is interested in how successful books are created.