On Writing Well
The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
by William Zinsser
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, b...
Publish Date
2006
May 9
Goodreads rating
4.26
ISBN
8601300042466
Tags
language-and-writingnonfiction
Recommendations
5
Recommendations
Jun 21, 2009
I wouldn't say this book influenced me, since my principles of writing were established long before I read it. However, it does capture many things that I believe about effective writing. – sourceI have read this book more than a dozen times, more often for thinking than for writing. – source
Dec 26, 2012
If you consider programming to be a subset of writing, and I certainly do, then you would also do well to read Elements of Style and On Writing Well. I’ve found reading those made me a better programmer as well. – source