On writing well : the classic guide to writing nonfiction / William Zinsser.

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Edition:30th anniversary ed., 7th ed., rev. and updated.
Published: New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
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245 1 0 |a On writing well :  |b the classic guide to writing nonfiction /  |c William Zinsser. 
250 |a 30th anniversary ed., 7th ed., rev. and updated. 
260 |a New York :  |b HarperCollins,  |c c2006. 
300 |a xiii, 321 p. :  |b facsim. ;  |c 21 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-309) and index. 
505 0 |a Principles: The transaction -- Simplicity -- Clutter -- Style -- The audience -- Words -- Usage -- Methods: Unity -- The lead and the ending -- Bits & pieces -- Forms: Nonfiction as literature -- Writing about people: the interview -- Writing about places: the travel article -- Writing about yourself: the memoir -- Science and technology -- Business writing: Writing in your job -- Sports -- Writing about the arts: Critics and columnists -- Humor -- Attitudes: The sound of your voice -- Enjoyment, fear and confidence -- The tyranny of the final product -- A writer's decisions -- Writing family history and memoir -- Write as well as you can. 
520 |a Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles. 
650 0 |a English language  |x Rhetoric. 
650 0 |a Exposition (Rhetoric) 
650 0 |a Report writing. 
991 |a 2014-10-03 
992 |a Created by juth, 03/10/2014. Updated by juth, 04/11/2014. 
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