modelfit 's review for:

Writing to Learn Rc by William Zinsser

3.5

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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I bought this book after seeing a video on youtube about learning or writing or something similar recommend it. For the first half or so, I quite enjoyed it. Up until the last ~20 pages was a bit of a slog, during which I often felt frustrated and let down by the book. I was hoping for something more prescriptive and felt an undue amount of pagespace was devoted to quotes that were analyzed, along with indulgent autobiographical reflections that got boring. I put the book down for months, then decided to finish the last bit up. The last part was very enjoyable and satisfying, and I will probably read Zinsser's similarly themed On Writing Well sometime. For people like me, this book may be best digested a chapter at a time, with some space in between to allow the ideas to marinate and the content to feel fresh again when returning to it. Ultimately this book has helped motivate me to write more.