On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." New York Times

A beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction

On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. 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 both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers.

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On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." New York Times

A beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction

On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. 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 both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers.

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On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

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"On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." New York Times

A beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction

On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. 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 both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062250506
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/11/2012
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 97,091
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

William Zinsser is a writer, editor and teacher. He began his career on the New York Herald Tribune and has since written regularly for leading magazines. During the 1970s he was master of Branford College at Yale. His 17 books, ranging from baseball to music to American travel, include the influential Writing to Learn and Writing About Your Life. He teaches at the New School in New York.

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