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11 reviews
William Knowlton Zinsser

Harper & Row, 1988

The Perfect Complement to On Writing Well
I read this book for both its subject matter and the bibliography. Zinsser leads the reader to good writing in the literature of mathematics physics and chemistry and more from disciplines thought of as other than suitable for writerfs. Zinsser shows by example that writing is not the sole domain of the humanities but across the spectrum of disciplines. He builds the case for writing across the ...

On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well)

155 reviews
William Knowlton Zinsser

Harpercollins, 1994

An excellent writing guide
I first purchased this product from Amazon for an English class at the local community college, and received it two weeks before class started. While some reviewers here have complained about the personal antecdotes, I found those to be the most helpful. Zinsser used his own real life examples on writing styles, as well as stressing how un-glamorous the writer's life actually is, especially if ...

Spiritual Quests: The Art and Craft of Religious Writing (The Writer's Craft)

1 review

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1988

Spiritual yet Practical
Spiritual Quests offers some terrific pearls of wisdom from various writers whose works contain religious themes. If you want to learn about writing inspirational literature, this may not be the best choice for you, but if you are interested in hearing a variety of perspeictives from people of different faiths and backgrounds, you may enjoy this book. I particularly enjoyed that each writer ...

Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past

9 reviews
William Knowlton Zinsser

Marlowe & Company, 2004

First rate
Zinsser weaves "how to" tips and discussion into his own memoirs. His section on cutting a broad project (write about baseball) down to manageable size (Pirates in spring training) is excellent for its step-by-step thinking process. He offers equally good thinking on many other things that can cause perplexion.

Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs

6 reviews
William Knowlton Zinsser

David R Godine, 2001

Can I give it a "6"?
What a wonderful book! This is a book I wish I had written, if only to write the sentence "Seeing Guys and Dolls on opening night in 1950 was my nirvana as a musical comedy fan"! It's one long love letter to the great American songwriters, both composers and lyricists: the oft-written about Kern, Hammerstein, Berlin, the Gershwins, Porter, Arlen, Sondheim, Lerner, Loewe, Ellington, Rodgers and ...

Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir (Writer's Craft)

8 reviews

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1987

So you want to write a memoir?
Memoir writers Russell Baker, Annie Dillard, Alfred Kazin, Toni Morrison, and Lewis Thomas share their thoughts on writing memoir. The chapters are taken from a series of talks given on the subject. The authors point out that memoir is not biography. The hardest thing about writing memoir, they agree, is not deciding what to put in, but what to leave out. They point to Emerson, Thoreau, Twain, ...

Extraordinary Lives: The Art and Craft of American Biography

3 reviews

Diane Pub Co, 1986

So, You Want to Write a Biography
This book gives its readers new insights into the lives of some of this nation's most prominent figures, through the eyes of six well-known biographers. In "The Unexpected Harry Truman," David McCullough shows the life of Truman through new eyes. McCullough stresses that a biographer must genuinely care about his [or her] subject because you are living with that person every single day. The ...

The haircurl papers and other searches for the lost individual
William Knowlton Zinsser

Harper & Row, 1964

American Places: A Writer's Pilgrimage to 15 of This Country's Most Visited and Cherished Sites
William Knowlton Zinsser

Perennial, 1993

A noted writer reports on his pilgrimage to 15 of the USA's most visited and cherished historic sites and brings us an inspiring and moving account of what he has discovered. "This inspiring guide includes places everyone means to go to some day."--New York Times.

Willie and Dwike: An American Profile
William Knowlton Zinsser

Harpercollins, 1984

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