On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition
The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
By William Zinsser
(Harper Paperbacks, Paperback, 9780060891541, 336pp.)
Publication Date: April 20, 2006
Categories: Rhetoric, Writing Skills
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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.
As a writer, editor and teacher, William Zinsser continues to be a mentor to countless people who want to write with clarity and confidence. His 18 books include On Writing Well, which has sold almost 1.5 million copies. He lives in New York with his wife, Caroline Zinsser, and teaches at the New School and at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
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