"On Writing

Stephen King goes on farther in his book to talk about the importance of description. He truly believes that this description is what makes the reader of the book a sensory participant in the story. I definitely have to agree with him on that because when you are able to feel like you are actually present in the story, nothing will be able to distract you from reading the book. He once more also acknowledges that in order to be a successful wrighter you have to read a lot as well as write a lot too. In doing this, this will help you decide how to and how much of a description to write. You must be good with visualization so that the reader with be able to recognize what's going on and not leaving the reader feeling bewildered and nearsighted. What I liked about what he said was that there is no need for overdescription, because you should only give the reader enough to be able to paint a picture of their own. King feels that many writers give too many outstanding descriptions of the characters that they leave the reader with nothing to imagine and that is just them being lazy. The main job of the writer is the right the story. A classic example he gave of a brief description which will give the reader enough to formulate a picture on their own was, "If I tell you that CArrie White is a high school outcast with a bad complexion and a fashion-victim wardrobe, I think you can do the rest!" I know that for myself I can paint a real good picture of this Carrie, because i have a basic idea of outcasts back from my high school days lol....So bottom line is a writer should not kill their story by giving too much of a physical description because they get lazy!