On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

By: William Zinsser

Published April 5th 2016 by Harper Perennial (first published 1976)

Category: Arts

Pages: 336 pages

ISBN: 9780060891541

Description:
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.