On writing well : the classic guide to writing nonfiction /
Zinsser, William, 1922-2015.
On writing well : the classic guide to writing nonfiction / William Zinsser. - 30th anniversary ed., 7th ed., rev. and updated. - New York : HarperCollins, c2006. - xiii, 321 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-309) and index.
Principles: Transaction -- Simplicity -- Clutter -- Style -- Audience -- Words -- Usage -- Methods: Unity -- Lead and the ending -- Bits & pieces -- Forms: Nonfiction as literature -- Writing about people: Interview -- Writing about places: Travel article -- Writing about yourself: Memoir -- Science and technology -- Business writing: Writing in your job -- Sports -- Writing about the arts: Critics and columnists -- Humor -- Attitudes: Sound of your voice -- Enjoyment, fear and confidence -- Tyranny of the final product -- Writer's decisions --Writing family history and memoir -- Write as well as you can.
Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
0060891548 9780060891541
2005055037
English language--Rhetoric.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Report writing.
Kreatives Schreiben.
Sachtext.
Literaturproduktion.
Ratgeber.
PE 1429 / .Z5 2006
On writing well : the classic guide to writing nonfiction / William Zinsser. - 30th anniversary ed., 7th ed., rev. and updated. - New York : HarperCollins, c2006. - xiii, 321 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-309) and index.
Principles: Transaction -- Simplicity -- Clutter -- Style -- Audience -- Words -- Usage -- Methods: Unity -- Lead and the ending -- Bits & pieces -- Forms: Nonfiction as literature -- Writing about people: Interview -- Writing about places: Travel article -- Writing about yourself: Memoir -- Science and technology -- Business writing: Writing in your job -- Sports -- Writing about the arts: Critics and columnists -- Humor -- Attitudes: Sound of your voice -- Enjoyment, fear and confidence -- Tyranny of the final product -- Writer's decisions --Writing family history and memoir -- Write as well as you can.
Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
0060891548 9780060891541
2005055037
English language--Rhetoric.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Report writing.
Kreatives Schreiben.
Sachtext.
Literaturproduktion.
Ratgeber.
PE 1429 / .Z5 2006