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| | 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. |  |
| | Product Details | | Author: | William Zinsser | | Paperback: | 336 pages | | Publisher: | Harper Perennial | | Publication Date: | May 09, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0060891548 | | Product Length: | 5.31 inches | | Product Width: | 0.76 inches | | Product Height: | 8.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.9 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: | based on 132 reviews |
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30 of 32 found the following review helpful:
A CLASSIC GUIDE TO WRITING WELL May 15, 2007
By Mike Klaassen
"Author"
On Writing Well, by William Zinsser, is meant to compliment The Elements of Style by Stunk and White. In Zinsser's own words "The Elements of Style is a book of pointers and admonitions: do this, don't do that. What it didn't address was how to apply those principles to the various forms that nonfiction writing and journalism can take."
Although the book is organized in four parts, the content could really be summarized in two categories:
· Writing principals, methods, and attitudes
· Guidelines for specific forms of nonfiction, including travel, humor, business, sports, arts, memoirs, and family history.
Subjects addressed include: rewriting, craft vs. art, humanity and warmth, clutter, simplicity, finding a style, clichés, rhythm, unity, tone, and attitude. All of these are covered with the insight of a successful writer having decades of experience.
The author works some biographical information and experiences into the text, but the focus of the material is on writing well. Given that the first edition was in 1976, some of the examples and attitudes are dated, but they also add to the charm of the book.
No recaps or exercises are included at the end of the chapters, but an index is provided for easy reference.
As the subtitle indicates, the book is specifically directed at nonfiction writing, but many of the concepts also apply to fiction. With over a million copies sold, and in its thirtieth anniversary edition, much of the information has already been worked into other writing guides. As envisioned by Zinsser, On Writing Well compliments The Elements of Style. Together, they make a great combination.
213 of 262 found the following review helpful:
I am sorry to disagree.... Sep 21, 2009
By D. Fineman
"dand@oxy.edu"
I usually only write reviews for books I can praise. I actively avoid giving criticism about books that have, as this one does, a large and enthusiastic following. I feel compelled to write now because I think that many will not be as well served as they imagine after reading these reviews.
I think this book is popular for many understandable and, in themselves, good reasons. The writer is up-beat and optimistic. He supplies simple formulas for complex problems. He has both wit and charm. He supplies many funny stories. He makes fun of pompous academics and pedagogues. He is empathetic and warm. His instructions are personal, not distant or abstract. He requires little of the reader and avoids pesky formalities. For all these reasons, one should be attracted to a non-fictional book of reminiscence about writing. However, all these virtues are not those of a book teaching writing.
Indeed, many dislike books that try to teach writing because the majority are rigorous, boring, and impersonal. So, it is no wonder that against those demanding and dry texts this humane presentation appears as an oasis. However, it is a mistake to think that those emotional values make this a good writing text.
This book's relation with writing is much like a movie's relation with its topic: a narrative about a thing more than an instruction. For instance, "Field of Dreams" may make us happy, but it hardly is likely to make us better baseball players. Here most of Zinsser's time is expended in context, quotation of others, and folksy tale. These are topped off with a brief commands - "Go to it" - that have a cheerleader's enthusiasm and lack of content. He celebrates one style, his own, which is short and informal to the exclusion of the hundreds of others that have graced our language. He gives little help with formal discourse. He feels free to judge -- for instance scientists -- outside his field and beside the point. He makes numerous grammatical errors and seems to recognize the dash as the only punctuation. He generalizes egregiously about topics that are enormous and yet undefined, for instance "the human element." In short, he is less an instructor and more a coach.
As I said, his many strengths have understandably broad appeal, but this book would be inadequate for the college classes I teach. You may not need such formal help and that is fine as long as you do not think it appears here.
12 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Good basic advice for basic writers Nov 10, 2006
By Lynn S. Hendricks
"Wordmama"
I read this book as part of a class on writing essays. The advice in it is apt, but it was too basic for the good writers in the group. The nonwriters, on the other hand, found it all amazing and startling stuff. I'd recommend it for those who have read enough to know what a complete sentence looks like but have never seriously written before and want to.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Pleasantly Surprised Jun 13, 2006
By EconFan I purchsed this book because I was looking to write better at work (I'm a management consultant). As I began reading, I quickly realized that it was not the "don't put prepositions at the end of a sentence" (although, he actually debunks that somewhat)...Point being, I learned so much more about writing than I ever thought I would, and the benefits accrued immediately -- the following Monday, I could see the results already (and so could my Boss). And the book is a pleasure to read -- it makes you more conscious of how writer's write, making reading other author's less pleasurable now , or at least realizing their flaws more readily. I would highly recommend this book to those who want to be better writers, no matter their ultimate goal, and even those who just love reading, and want to better understand the craft of writing.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
teatime with Zinsser Jul 06, 2009
By Amy Ritchie BTS I had to read this book. It was on a book list for a course: otherwise I would not have picked it up. The book became like an afternoon tea time with a surpisingly beloved professor. Zinssor makes me want to write. In fact, reading this book makes me want to be a writer. What I expected to be dry was full of wit. What I expected to be pedantic, turned out to be humorously so. How does one laugh when reading about the use of commas or the overuse of cliches? Zinsser zings his readers with his writing style, often employing what he just told us not to do-with great results. Only a master writer can get away with that.
I recommend this book to anyone who thinks they already know how to write, or has stories knocking on inner doors eager to see the light of paper. Zinsser throttles habits that are comfortable but lame. This book makes the art of writing seemingly accessible, with realistic suggestions, corrections, inspirations. By the end, you will find yourself purchasing the next Zinsser title, in order to extend the delightful cup of tea you started with "On Writing Well."
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