On Writing #2

      Hello! I continued reading On Writing today (which doesn't seem to be on writing, but more on King's life). My reading started off with the story of Dave's Rag, which brings back my early childhood memories. It reminds me of when I was about 9 years old and my best friend, Danielle, and I set up a lemonade stand using lemons from my backyard. Well, anyway, Dave created his own newspaper, highlighting all the local news. They(Dave and Stephen) used something called a hectograph, which they hated. But fortunately, the Rag entered a "golden age" when they bought a drum printing press. King also mentioned the times he got in trouble, the many times. He sold The Pit and the Pendulum, an original, to his classmates and got in trouble  because a) it was trash and b) because he turned the school into a market. Then, he created a newspaper in high school called The Village Vomit, which had a mean nickname for all the teachers. He wasn't exactly what you'd call a teacher's pet. One day, he was called into the principal's office, by the guidance counselor, to write the Weekly Enterprise. Here, he learned more than he did in college about writing, by the counselor, John Gould...in 10 minutes.haha. He corrected him and gave him great advice.
      Why haven't I ever heard of those magazines that offer money for good stories? In King's young days, it seems like they were more common or something. Or maybe it's just because it's open mainly to writers. Well, I don't know but he got $200 from one story,The Graveyard Shift! And then, he got $500 from Sometimes They Come Back. He met his future wife(Tabby, as he called her) behind his university's bookstore one day. They grew closer at a poetry gathering. I guess poetry can help people bond! I think she was a big inspiration to him because when he was going to toss out his draft, she saved it and it turned into Carrie, a novel.
      I like the book. King kinda cusses too much and he's kinda awkward, though. But he's not boring, at least. I was looking through the book and I noticed that there's a page that says,"On Writing", which is weird because it seems like the real book starts there and everything prior to it is like a little biography. I never ran into a book like that. It's interesting though. I'll be back soon!!!