rara2018 's review for:

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

4.0

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This was good! I started reading it for a writing class at work, but enjoyed it enough to continue after the fact. I think the strongest chapters are by far all at the beginning. There is a lot that can be learned and his thoughts about clutter have made me a more thoughtful writer (and editor). It gets rather repetitive toward the end, and there were multiple chapters I just didn’t care about. He also seems to have a bit of an ego—much of which appears to be valid, but some was just aggravating. I definitely like this more than King’s On Writing, and will keep it at my desk to revisit.