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Paul Theroux • Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
To conceal meaning (it was reasoned) is equally to conceal lack of meaning….
William Zinsser • Writing to Learn: How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All
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"
William Zinsser • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
every preceding sentence was slow labor: the steady accretion of detail and the equally steady removal of whatever I had put in that I realized wasn’t doing necessary work or that the reader could figure out for himself.
William Zinsser • Writing to Learn: How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All
The six Mitchell pieces that would eventually constitute his book, The Bottom of the Harbor, a classic of American nonfiction,
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
The airline pilot who announces that he is presently anticipating experiencing considerable precipitation wouldn’t think of saying it may rain. The sentence is too simple—there must be something wrong with it. But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word th
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William Zinsser • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Most first drafts can be cut by 50 percent without losing any information or losing the author’s voice.