William Zinsser Quotes About Style

Quotes about: Style

• A simple [writing] style is the result of very hard work.

  William Zinsser

  Hard Work, Writing, Simple

• You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable surprise. Any number of devices will do the job.... These seeming amusements in fact become your 'style.' When we say we like the style of certain writers, what we mean is that we like their personality as they express it on paper.

  William Zinsser

  Jobs, Writing, Mean

• Few people realize how badly they write. Nobody has shown them how much excess or murkiness has crept into their style.

  William Zinsser

  Writing, People, Style

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.17, Harper Collins

• Even a poor translator couldn't kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.

  William Zinsser

  Moving, Style, Narrative

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