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Downtown Hound

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4. Stephen King's philosphy on becoming a writer:

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 02:22 PM

Jan 2013

"You have to read a lot and write a lot." That's pretty much it. And that, is just one of the reasons why I love Stephen King. He cuts through the bullshit like few others can.

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