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orsuros's review
4.0
This is an excellent book on all sorts of writing and I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to get better at writing in general.
fruitys's review
honestly book's writing is good, i read it halfway and stopped because the physical copy text was too small and strained my eyes :')
theseventhl's review against another edition
5.0
It is targeted at non-fiction writing, but Zinsser has a lot of tips that can readily apply to fiction writing as well. Easily a book of reference I could see myself returning to for a refresher course on the finer points of crafting stories.
neelchainz's review
informative
slow-paced
4.0
This book has been a helpful guide for writing non-fiction, especially while I am working on my dissertation. While not all of the chapters in the book were useful to me as a STEM researcher, many of them were. I found the book very easy to read despite it being a reference nonfiction book, which isn't my usual cup of tea for recreational reading. I appreciated the emphasis on not adding fluff to your writing since that is my view as well. I didn't agree with all of the advice given, but much of I did. A read well worth my time.
kobusu's review
informative
slow-paced
4.5
On Writing Well is the reason I can write a 10 page paper in a day and get the highest grade in the class for it. It's a wonderful, if slow, read, and it gives the fundamentals to being more than just an OK writer.
lananhngvu's review
4.0
A great book actually, the one you have to revisit from time to time. One of my biggest takeaway from this book is that, you should write clearly, both in ideas and in word choice. Don't use two words to describe the same thing, use less adjective (because adjective limit the imagination of the readers), and don't state the same things many times - the readers will get bored. And yeah, cross out the words that is not necessary in the sentence. I was surprised to see how many words/phrase I can cross out or rephrase into something shorter in my writing.