On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (original 1976; edition 2016)

by William Zinsser (Author)

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On Writing Well

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On writing well

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1976

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[Introduction] One of the pictures hanging in my office in mid-Manhattan is a photograph of the writer E. B. White.

A school in Connecticut once held "a day devoted to the arts," and I was asked if I would come and talk about writing as a vocation.

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808.042Literature › modified standard subdivisions › Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures › Rhetoric and anthologies › Handbooks for writers › English

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PE1429.Z5Language and Literature › English language › English › Modern English

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