| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
00030105 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0684853523 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
9780684853529 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
813.54 Kin |
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B |
| Item number |
14 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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32913 |
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32913 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
813.54 Kin |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
King, Stephen, frey50 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
On writing : |
| Remainder of title |
a memoir of the craft / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Stephen King. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Scribner, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
288 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This volume "really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists", written by American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy, Stephen King (b. 1947). The first third of the book contains King's memoir, which includes heartfelt tidbits about his brother, mother and his long battles with alcohol and drug addiction. The second part of the book, "On Writing," is where aspiring novelists might find inspiration. King describes the symbolism in many of his novels and offers writers common sense advice. He presents his taboos of writing: adverbs (especially those in dialog) and the passive voice. He describes his writer's toolbox, including examples of both good and bad writing, sometimes taken from his own work, sometimes taken from other writers. He also describes his approach to research. King concludes by including a list of nearly a hundred novels that he considers the best that he's read in the last three or four years. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
King, Stephen, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1947- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Authors, American |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| Location of event |
Biography |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Horror tales |
| General subdivision |
Authorship. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
| Koha item type |
800 - 899 |
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813.54 Kin |
| 961 WL - |
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14 |