On Writing Well William Zinsser Summary

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William Zinsser wrote seventeen books in his career. Zinsser works as a writer, teacher, and editor. He currently teaches at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and in his hometown of New York at the New School. Zinsser showcases his style to teach the reader the principles, methods, forms, and attitudes of writing creative nonfiction in his book On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. The writer manages to condense a large amount of information into 303 easy-to-read informative pages. It’s Zinsser’s style that makes 303 pages packed with information easy to read. He uses simple words and sentences to get his points across to the readers. In addition, he uses metaphors and examples making it easy for the