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Steven King Research Paper

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There’s no doubt about it—there is a certain agony to writing. Steven King was famously an alcoholic for much of his life, and the careers of many a tortured writer have ended in suicide. Of course, these were extreme cases, and I’m not suggesting that you will suffer from death or addiction should you choose to become a writer yourself. That’s because the same thing that makes writing frequently frustrating is also what makes it worth doing. The power to manifest ideas, to persuade, to argue, to inspire—these can be the source of both joy and despair. Why despair? Well, in my view, this question has two answers, distinct yet intertwined. The first is that, despite the prestige and mystique that surrounds writing, it is a craft, along with

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