Stephen King - Part 1 of On Writing - Response

Stephen never gave up on his writing which I thought was really significant. He was constantly being rejected when he was young. He took criticism well, and used it as motivation. That motivation and persistence is what attributed to his success. He saw the world in a different perspective. His imagination got him in trouble more often than not as a child, but came to his advantage later in life. Most of his books come from random off the wall ideas that only he could think of. He wrote through periods of poverty, mourning, and addiction. I think only a true writer like King can do so and still have great pieces as a result. His mother and his wife were the two people that always motivated him, I highly doubt he would've gotten his life back on track without them. Even as a struggling single mother, King's mother always encouraged him to do better and keep writing. In moments of doubt his wife seemed to give him that extra push to keep him going on with his career. Writing always helped him at the right moments. The points in his life where he thought he’d hit rock bottom his writing always seemed to help him back up to his feet. He never gave up writing, and writing never gave up on him.