On Writing Well – William Zinsser
Subtitle: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Good, solid advice.
Category: Craft
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Choice of form to write
Staying motivated to write
Writing style
Creative Writing Feedback
Good feedback from teacher last night on a sample beginning I wrote up. He said that it wasn't clear, soon enough who the main character…
Harrison Bergeron
Vonnegut's dystopia results from enforcing equality of results rather than equality of opportunity.
Reviewing Fiction
I came across something recently that's good advice for a casual reviewer. Instead of having to say you like something and write up thoughts, use…
Creative Writing Class
I spent forty hours developing a web site for my project. The regular college students looked aghast. That was more time than they could devote…
Pride and Prejudice
Lizzie’s face and manner conveyed so many emotions that she could not utter acceptable words for.
Kinds of Words
In poetry, I was stymied when asked to string together long sentences. Recently I came across the idea of dividing words up by meaning function.…
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