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Scholarship July 3, 2017

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

The Wabash Center

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Author
Zinsser, William
Publisher
Harper & Row, San Francisco, CA
ISBN
9780060891541
Table of Contents
PART I Principles
ch. 1 The Transaction
ch. 2 Simplicity
ch. 3 Clutter
ch. 4 Style
ch. 5 The Audience
ch. 6 Words
ch. 7 Usage

PART II Methods
ch. 8 Unity
ch. 9 The Lead and the Ending
ch. 10 Bits & Pieces

PART III Forms
ch. 11 Nonfiction as Literature
ch. 12 Writing About People: The Interview
ch. 13 Writing About Places: The Travel Article
ch. 14 Writing About Yourself: The Memoir
ch. 15 Science and Technology
ch. 16 Business Writing: Writing in Your Job
ch. 17 Sports
ch. 18 Writing About the Arts: Critics and Columnists
ch. 19 Humor

PART IV Attitudes
ch. 20 The Sound of Your Voice
ch. 21 Enjoyment, Fear and Confidence
ch. 22 The Tyranny of the Final Product
ch. 23 A Writer's Decisions
ch. 24 Write as Well as You Can
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. (From the Publisher)