“when you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” [gould] said. “when you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.”

gould said something else that was interesting on the day i turned in my first two pieces: write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. once you know what the story is and get it right—as right as you can, anyway—it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. or criticize it. if you’re very lucky (this is my idea, not john gould’s, but i believe he would have subscribed to the notion), more will want to do the former than the latter.”

source: king, stephen. on writing: a memoir of the craft. new york: pocket, 2002. 47. print.

what is king’s main purpose in this text?

to persuade
to instruct
to reflect
to entertain

to instruct

The correct answer is B.

In this excerpt King seeks to provide information about how to write. He wants to help future writers understand how the creative process works.

King states that there should be two stages when writing: the first one, in which you are telling the story to yourself. And the second one, which he calls "rewriting," in which you prepare it for other to read.

He explains that after the story is ready, you, as a writer, have to be ready to give it to the audience to read and critize.

a compare and contrast essay is a piece of formal writing in which the author focus on the similarities between two ideas, objects, places, etc., and the differences between them. there are some aspects that the author should take into account when he/she is crafting the essay. first, the author has a clear idea of the effect that he/she wants to produce on the audience (a purpose). his/her main idea should be presented in the thesis statement in a simple but effective way which gives the audience a clear idea of the content and the direction of the essay. in addition, it is also important to focus to the similarities and differences that not only are interesting and relevant to the reader but also provide a new, impressive point of view or deeper understanding of a topic.