# #32 Stephen King - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craf

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Podcast: [Deeply Driven | Business History & Entrepreneur Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/deeply-driven-business-history-entrepreneur-stories-7384677)
Published: 2026-04-29T16:33:41+00:00
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## Resource

Before the fame, the bestsellers, and the millions of books sold, Stephen King was pinning rejection slips to a wall and learning that reading, focus, and daily effort were building something far bigger than he could yet see. This episode pulls out the strongest lessons from On Writing and why reading is essential to mastery, why ideas must be noticed rather than chased, and why the real work is showing up long before anyone notices.

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