Stephen King’s 20 Rules for Writers

Image by the USO, via Flickr Com­mons In one of my favorite Stephen King inter­views, for The Atlantic, he talks at length about the vital impor­tance of a good open­ing line. “There are all sorts of the­o­ries,” he says, “it’s a tricky thing.” “But there’s one thing” he’s sure about: “An open­ing line should invite … Con­tin­ue read­ing Stephen King’s 20 Rules for Writ­ers