On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
EAN: 9780060891541
ISBN: 0060891548
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: May 01, 2006
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: May 09, 2006
Sales Rank: 616
Studio: Collins
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Product Description:
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.
Amazon.com Review:
Whether you write an occasional professional letter or a daily newspaper column, William Zinsser's On Writing Well should be required reading. Simplicity is Zinsser's mantra: he preaches a stripped-down writing style, strong and clear. He has no patience for excess (most use of adjectives and adverbs, he writes, just adds clutter) or tired phraseology (for instance, he'd like to outlaw all leads involving those 'future archaeologists' most often found 'stumbl[ing] upon the remains of our civilization'). He recommends that all writers of nonfiction read their work aloud (don't commit something to paper that you wouldn't actually say) and write under the assumption that 'the reader knows nothing' (not to be confused with assuming the reader's an idiot). In addition to the chapters on the expected--usage, audience, interviews, leads--Zinsser also focuses on such trouble spots as science and technical writing, business writing, sports, and humor.
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- Excellent read on how to write wellI received this at work from a consultant and for a year, did not open it. Then one day bored on a conference ... Read More
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