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E. B. White on writing for children (1969) This is it. https://t.co/a1Kj9TwfJN
the role of the writer is “to lift people up, not lower them down”
E.B. White
"Write in a way that comes naturally," "Revise and rewrite," "Do not explain too much," and the rest; above all, the cleansing, clarion "Be clear."
William Strunk JR. and E.B. White • The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
— Gustave Flaubert
— Gustave Flaubert
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E. B. White makes the case cogently in The Elements of Style, a book every writer should read once a year, when he suggests trying to rearrange any phrase that has survived for a century
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
E. B. White makes the case cogently in The Elements of Style, a book every writer should read once a year, when he suggests trying to rearrange any phrase that has survived for a century
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
If you can’t explain it to a child, then you don’t know it. It’s a common saying and it’s very true.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
I write so I don't sound like an idiot when I speak." —Charlie Bleecker