I am, when you stop to think of it, a member of a fairly select group: the final handful of American novelists who learned to read and write before they learned to eat a daily helping of video bullshit.
In his memoir "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft," author Stephen King reflects on his unique position as a novelist who grew up immersed in a literary world before the rise of pervasive media like television and video content. He expresses a sense of belonging to a rare group of American writers who were shaped by traditional reading and writing experiences rather than the distractions of modern entertainment.
King's candid...