Hail to the King, Part 2: The Battle of Theme

This week, I bring you the next episode in
“R. A. Nelson vs. Stephen King: A Showdown for the Ages!” And the winner is . . . Doc!

This isn’t really a showdown, I guess, unless a novice trying to learn from a master without losing her identity within the master’s counts as a showdown. As I discussed in episode one, Hail to the King: Stephen King on Writing Right, I am reading through Stephen King’s On Writing and finding it both illuminating and enjoyable. Yet, I am als...