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== Introduction ==

 

In 2011, {{Tooltip|TIME}} placed it on its “{{Tooltip|All-TIME 100 Nonfiction}}” list.<ref name="TIME2011">{{cite web |last=Cruz |first=Gilbert |title='On Writing' by Stephen King |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/08/30/all-time-100-best-nonfiction-books/slide/on-writing-by-stephen-king/ |website=Time |date=15 August 2011 |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>

 

== Chapters ==

 

''—Note: The above summary follows the {{Tooltip|Scribner}} 20th-anniversary trade paperback (2020; ISBN 978-1-9821-5937-5).''<ref name="S&S20th">{{cite web |title=On Writing |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/On-Writing/Stephen-King/9781982159375 |website=Simon & Schuster |publisher=Scribner |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="Marmot505">{{cite web |title=On writing : a memoir of the craft (record 505 contents) |url=https://cmc.marmot.org/Record/.b61999957 |website=CMC Library Catalog |publisher=Colorado Mountain College |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>

 

== Background & reception ==

 

🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. {{Tooltip|TIME}} placed ''On Writing'' on its 2011 “{{Tooltip|All-TIME 100 Nonfiction}}” list, cementing its status beyond genre and how-to circles.<ref name="TIME2011" /> In higher education, it appears on creative-writing syllabi—for example, Arizona State University’s ENGLISH 394 (Spring 2023) lists ''On Writing'' as a required text.<ref name="ASU2023">{{cite web |title=ENGLISH 394: The Art of Popular Literature — Stephen King (sample syllabus) |url=https://webapp4.asu.edu/bookstore/viewsyllabus/2231/31979/pdf%3Bjsessionid%3D218B14EF79290E551125F618659510EB |website=Arizona State University |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref> U.S. public institutions also recommend it: the Library of Congress’s National Library Service includes ''On Writing'' on its curated “Writing Books” list (catalogued as a 2000 bestseller).<ref name="NLS2024">{{cite web |title=Writing Books |url=https://www.loc.gov/nls/new-materials/book-lists/writing-books/ |website=Library of Congress National Library Service |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>

 

 

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