Part writing memoir, part advice to wannabe writers, part tale of recovery, Stephen King’s ode to the writing life is well worth a read for any fiction writer who needs a little dose of inspiration. Oh sure, he says what’s been said before (Read lots, watch your style, edit out the fat) but he does it in a way that brings a lot of it into the kind of focus a more traditional writing advice book might not.

I’m glad I finally picked it up. Even if it’s so I can just remember, when I lament my shortage of story ideas, that it all boils down to what if.