OnWritingWell,30thAnniversaryEdition_AnI.epub

On Writing Well 30th Anniversary Edition T HE C LASSIC G UIDE TO W RITING N ONFICTION William Zinsser CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE INTRODUCTION PART I Principles 1 The Transaction 2 Simplicity 3 Clutter 4 Style 5 The Audience 6 Words 7 Usage PART II Methods 8 Unity 9 The Lead and the Ending 10 Bits & Pieces PART III Forms 11 Nonfiction as Literature 12 Writing About People: The Interview 13 Writing About Places: The Travel Article 14 Writing About Yourself: The Memoir 15 Science and Technology 16 Business Writing: Writing in Your Job 17 Sports 18 Writing About the Arts: Critics and Columnists 19 Humor PART IV Attitudes 20 The Sound of Your Voice 21 Enjoyment, Fear and Confidence 22 The Tyranny of the Final Product 23 A Writer’s Decisions 24 Writing Family History and Memoir 25 Write as Well as You Can SOURCES INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR OTHER WORKS COPYRIGHT ABOUT THE PUBLISHER INTRODUCTION One of the pictures hanging in my office in mid-Manhattan is a photograph of the writer E. B. White. It was taken by Jill Krementz when White was 77 years old, at his home in North Brookl......