William Zinsser on Writing
1922–2015 United States
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Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into entertainment.
On Writing Well (1976)
Journalism is writing that first appears in any periodic journal.
On Writing Well (1976)
All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem.
On Writing Well (1976)
A writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing.
On Writing Well (1976)
On Writing Well (1976)
On Writing Well (1976)
On Writing Well (1976)
Good writing is lean and confident.
On Writing Well (1976)
Nobody ever stopped reading E. B. White or V. S. Pritchett because the writing was too good.
On Writing Well (1976)
On Writing Well (1976)
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