King is right about that. If you want to become a better writer, you need to read more good books with high quality prose and stop reading garbage. The thesauru

King is right about that. If you want to become a better writer, you need to read more good books with high quality prose and stop reading garbage. The thesaurus, while sometimes useful, can become a crutch. Stylistically the great writers will rub off on you if you read them carefully.