leery31 's review for:

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser

DID NOT FINISH: 12%

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Zinsser lost me at his casual mockery: “typical of the pudgy new intruders from the land of sociology.” Too pretentious. Not the kind of writer I want to emulate. At least I look that bit of advice from the first 39 pages of the book.