A review by fallchicken
Writing about Your Life: A Journey Into the Past by William Zinsser

3.0

This book was a bit disappointing. It was an entertaining read, if you just consider it as a collection of Zinsser's own stories. In the first few chapters, the stories are interrupted to explain the techniques being used. In later chapters, he seems to have gotten bored with this. As for writing, it seems like the standard sort of information about writing well. In a later chapter, this is a tip on getting on with recording your own story.

A nice bit of serendipity, Zinsser mentions Clifton Fadiman and I've recently read a book, [b:Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader|46890|Ex Libris Confessions of a Common Reader|Anne Fadiman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343840s/46890.jpg|1468318], by his daughter.