On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

all the sentences that didn’t come out the way he wanted them to.

Nobody told all the new computer writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they’re writing fluently doesn’t mean they’re writing well.

avocation.

bohemian,

arduous

the man who runs away from his craft because he lacks inspiration is fooling himself.

drudges

Our national tendency is to inflate and thereby sound important.