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John McPhee • Annals of the Former World
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. —The King, from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Randy L. Thurman • One More Step the 638 Best Quotes for the Runner: Motivation for the Next Step!
Scrape away these crustaceans during revision, and the ship of your prose will glide toward meaning with speed and grace.
Roy Peter Clark • Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
“Irish love of defeat, betrayal of himself.”
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
One of my favorite storytellers is John Vorhaus, a writer of mystery novels, books on writing technique, and manuals on how to win at poker.
Mark Levy • Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content
“Why should I get writer’s block?” asked the mischievous Roger Simon. “My father never got truck driver’s block.”
Roy Peter Clark • Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Bill Walsh (who I’ve described exclusively as my personal hero since first picking up a copy of his essential text The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
through the yearbook carefully from cover to cover looking for him. He isn’t in any group picture or on any list of names.
William Maxwell • So Long, See You Tomorrow: Virtage International Edition (Vintage International)
And our finest storytellers, the ones who transform and deepen our understanding of the world, are not just writers; they, too, are engaged in the adventure of ideas, to borrow a phrase from Alfred North Whitehead.