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livingpalm1's review against another edition
4.0
William Zinsser is the sort of author I want to read broadly. This book turned out to be more memoir than instructional, but still enjoyable.
book_beat's review
4.0
I used to be a newspaper reporter, and my editor recommended reading William Zinsser’s “On Writing Well.” I fell in love with his style, his perspective, and his cadence. Truthfully, he reads a lot like my old editor, and it feels like I’m catching up with my good friend when I read Zinsser’s work.
I listened to Zinsser narrate his nonfiction book, “Writing Places,” where he describes the different places he wrote and the types of jobs he had. He explains the birth of his most famous book, the death of the newspaper, and life in NYC. I found the read fascinating, but then again, I feel like I know Zinsser. If you haven’t read his work before, he considers himself a student of E. B. White, and I have found the two to be very similar.
I listened to Zinsser narrate his nonfiction book, “Writing Places,” where he describes the different places he wrote and the types of jobs he had. He explains the birth of his most famous book, the death of the newspaper, and life in NYC. I found the read fascinating, but then again, I feel like I know Zinsser. If you haven’t read his work before, he considers himself a student of E. B. White, and I have found the two to be very similar.
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