Tag Archives: William Zinsser
For Pages and Pages: Truth and the Olympian Quotations of Joseph Mitchell
Reblogged from Aarongilbreath’s Blog: As much as I read, I don’t find myself rereading too many books. I’m no Larry McMurtry, revisiting the same book year after year. Mostly, I reread essays, and the pieces that I find myself returning … Continue reading
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William Zinsser on Anglo-Saxon’s glory
“The English language is derived from two main sources. One is Latin, the florid language of ancient Rome. The other is Anglo-Saxon, the plain languages of England and northern Europe. The words derived from Latin are the enemy—they will strangle … Continue reading
Honesty and chronology, part two
William Zinsser addresses the issue of fidelity to chronology in his On Writing Well, and I was surprised by his answer. Perusing the thirtieth anniversary edition of this sober classic on nonfiction, I expected Zinsser to be very conservative in … Continue reading
Noted: William Zinsser
from “Visions and Revisions: Writing On Writing Well and keeping it up-to-date for 35 years,” in The American Scholar, Spring 2009 “It now occurs to me that I didn’t really find my style until I wrote On Writing Well, at … Continue reading
