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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780060473969
ISBN: 0060473967
Label: Harpercollins College Div
Manufacturer: Harpercollins College Div
Publication Date: April 01, 1985
Publisher: Harpercollins College Div
Studio: Harpercollins College Div

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Rating: - Buy this book
Buy this book and read it. Commit parts of it to memory. The biggest challenge a writer has is to take the garbage out of what's been written. This book will show you how to do that. I wish someone had introduced me to this book as an undergraduate.

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Rating: - Reviews here are for a different book!
The reviews presented with the Bead Creative Art Quilts were for a book on writing not the 'bead" book. How disappointing!.

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Rating: - A useful read
Writing well, according to William Zinsser, is a matter of simplicity & unity. Simple writing is easy to follow and is not wasteful. Unified writing has a single purpose; uses a consistent tense and pronouns; and is a delight to read. Good writing is thus a transaction between the author and reader; it defines the audience and the capacity in which we hope to address them, expressing as simply as possible the point that is being made. Zinsser suggests that we should let our personality show, using ... Read More

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Rating: - Good writing is simple, clear, and free of clutter.
Key points in this book are:
"Rewriting is the essence of writing."
"Clutter is the disease of American writing."
"Writing that will endure tends to consist of words that are short and strong."
"The most important sentence in any article is the first one."
"Most nonfiction writers will do well to cling to the ropes of simplicity and clarity."

But simplicity doesn't mean it is easy. "A clear sentence is no accident," writes Zinsser. "Very few sentences come ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent read on how to write well
I received this at work from a consultant and for a year, did not open it. Then one day bored on a conference call, I started reading it and did not want to stop. While I took breaks over the course of 2 months to read this (reading 5 books in parallel) I just finished it and must say that it is the BEST book I have read on Writing Well. I am quite self-conscious of what I write now after reading Zinsser's book. I can see his red pen scratching my extra words, cleaning up my run on sentences, and make ... Read More

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