The hard part of writing isn’t the writing; it’s the thinking. You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: What does the reader need to know next?
– William Zinsser
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Quotable 422
Be yourself and your readers will follow you anywhere. Try to commit an act of writing and they will jump overboard to get away.
– William Zinsser
Quotable 399
Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be tired. Be confused. Be depressed. Be annoyed. Don’t hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident.
– William Zinsser
Quotable 355
Dare to tell the smallest of stories if you want to generate large emotions.
– William Zinsser
Quotable 331
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity and humanity.
– William Zinsser