On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.

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But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.

GOOD WRITING

clear our heads of clutter. Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can’t exist without the other. It’s impossible for a muddy thinker to write good English. He

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