On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication

Zinsser, William

ISBN 10: 0060891548 / ISBN 13: 9780060891541

Published by Harper Perennial, 2006

About this Item

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteedâ but the story's all there!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060891548
• ISBN 13: 9780060891541
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

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 sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

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.