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Nonfiction: Two Authors` Perspectives of the Writer`s Craft

Question 6 • VA-English 10 CR

The following question refers to On Writing by Stephen King. Which statement does not describe King’s “muse-guy”?

Answer
A
The muse-guy “scatter[s] creative fairy-dust all over your typewriter . . . .”
B
The muse-guy “lives in the ground” and is “a basement guy.”
C
The muse guy “admires his bowling trophies and pretends to ignore you.”
D
The muse guy “has got a bag of magic . . . that can change your life.”

Explanation

King says the muse does not flutter into the writing room and scatter “creative fairy-dust” over the writer’s typewriter. Instead, he describes the muse as a basement-dwelling “guy” and says he has a bag of magic. So the statement that does not describe King’s muse is the fairy-dust claim.

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