Mientras Escribo: Memorias de Un Oficio - Stephen King

\nPocas veces un libro sobre el oficio de escribir ha resultado tan clarificador, til y revelador. \n \nCuando Stephen King se decidi a escribir sobre su profesi n y su vida, un brutal accidente automovil stico puso ambas en riesgo. Durante su convalecencia, el novelista descubri los v nculos cada vez m s fuertes entre la escritura y la vida. Y el resultado es este extraordinario libro, que es al mismo tiempo un ensayo sobre creaci n literaria y un relato autobiogr fico. \nMientras escribo comienza con la asombrosa infancia de Stephen King y su extra o y temprano inter s por la escritura que lo llevaron a la culminaci n de su primera novela, Carrie. A continuaci n, King describe las herramientas b sicas del oficio y expone sus opiniones personales sobre los secretos de la escritura. Mientras escribo culmina con el conmovedor relato de c mo su necesidad de escribir lo ayud a recuperarse de su casi fatal accidente. \n \nUna vez m s Stephen King demuestra que es mucho m s que un maestro del thriller: un gran escritor. \n \nENGLISH DESCRIPTION \n \nTwentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King \n \n ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME \n \n Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King's critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. \n \n Long live the King hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999--and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it--fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.\n