The topic that both Edgar Allan Poe's The Philosophy of Composition and Stephen King's On Writing address is the writer's craft. Both of these essays have to do with good writing, and the characteristis of writers who write good literary works, and some pieces of advice on what the could do to become even better. Poe's essay also has a detailed description of how he wrote The Raven, and the intricacies of rhyme, meter, theme, figures of speech are all laid out there.
