William Zinsser Quotes - Page 6

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• Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your readers will recognize in their own lives. Think small and you'll wind up finding the big themes in your family saga.

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  Memories, Writing, Thinking

  William Zinsser (2005). “Writing about Your Life: A Journey Into the Past”, p.7, Da Capo Press

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• Finding a voice that your readers will enjoy is largely a matter of taste. Saying that isn't much help-taste is a quality so intangible that it can't even be defined. But we know it when we meet it.

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  Writing, Voice, Quality

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• Clutter is the disease of American writing.

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  Writing, Jargon, Disease

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.

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  Motivation, Faster, Spray

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• Fighting clutter is like fighting weeds-the writer is always slightly behind.

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  Weed, Fighting, Clutter

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher's reach. Writing can only be learned when a writer coldly separates himself from what he has written and looks at it with the objectivity of a plumber examining a newly piped bathroom to see if he got all the joints tight.

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  Teacher, Writing, Thinking

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• There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.

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  Inspirational, Eye, Too Short

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• Writing is no respecter of blueprints.

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  Writing, Blueprints

  William Knowlton Zinsser (1980). “On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, HarperCollins Publishers

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