Stephen contributed a considerable amount of his book to describing a writer's "toolbox." As he had good reason to. You cannot, or it would be greatly difficult, to become a great carpenter, without the proper tools. Well the same holds true for the writer, without these tools-that at first may seem so basic, but once they've been mastered, can help you create something remarkable. You, of course, must construct your own toolbox, but the following tools, are hard to do without.
Level one of your toolbox contains all, of the "common tools," things such as vocabulary and grammar. Vocabulary all depends on the writer; in books you can find anything from, "big" words to street language. It isn't necessary to use big words to have a great book, isn't that a sigh of relief? And although he does mention that good writing doesn't have to rely on excellent grammar before you can start twisting it, and making it your own.
Level two goes a little deeper into writing. It contains things such as your style of writing. Things such as paragraph formatting. I'm sure we all, or most, flipped to a random page in the book, before reading it, just to get an idea of what we were in for. I'm sure we do this for a most books. Paragraphs and vocabulary can say a lot about the book. For example, big paragraphs, and small font, usually suggest it may be a harder read.
And this pretty much completes the top half of your toolbox, what you decide to stock in your next couple of levels is up to you. And once your toolbox is filled, don't forget about your tools, use them as much as you can, and that way they'll actually help in improving your writing.
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