This is good advice, as far as it goes. It will lead new writers to produce something readable, if not something great. Like a newspaper article, for example. I

This is good advice, as far as it goes. It will lead new writers to produce something readable, if not something great. Like a newspaper article, for example. IMO, Stephen King has not written anything great. I think this advice suggests one reason why: he doesn't focus on the material he's working with. Words themselves, rhythms, sentence structures -- all the figures of rhetoric that invisibly lead a reader into the story. Another major flaw in King's work is his inability to move beyond entertainment. Why does he write? Why do people read him? Those are questions I can't answer after finishing his books.