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It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If...

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William ZinsserOn Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

But how?" my students ask. "How do you actually do it?" You sit down, I say. You try to sit down at ...

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries—to read the best authors, observe the ...

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Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare, or a witches sabbath...

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The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thriller...

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John Gardner (British writer)The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers

He singled out aspects of Quality such as unity, vividness, authority, economy, sensitivity, clarity...

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Robert M. PirsigZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values