Good Advice on Writing - Softcover

Safire, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671872338 ISBN 13: 9780671872335

Publisher: Fireside, 1993

Synopsis

Collects tidbits of writing advice on everything from action to writers' block by masters of the craft

About this title

From Library Journal:

Pulitzer Prize-winning language guru Safire and his brother Safir have collected the wise and witty words of famous authors from Aristotle to Zinsser, who comment succinctly and cogently on elements of writing from "Accuracy" ("One should always aim at being interesting rather than exact"--Voltaire) to "Writer's Block" (see "Doggedness"). Although the book is intended as a reference, its quotable gems are for rereading and reflecting. The reader/writer can find solid advice (not surprisingly often contradictory), humor, and inspiration on each page. Now, what to write? Look under "Subject" and find E.B. White's recommendation: "A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter." This book is a treat for wordsmiths everywhere. BOMC and Quality Paperback alternates.
- Cathy Sabol, Northern Virginia Community Coll. Lib., Manassas
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fireside
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0671872338
• ISBN 13: 9780671872335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288