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I thought of all the subjects where the teacher never gets this inside look, where students are graded solely on the basis of a right or a wrong answ… - William Zinsser
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About William Zinsser
William Knowlton Zinsser (born October 7, 1922 – May 12, 2015 ) was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic, and editorial writer, and has been a longtime contributor to leading magazines.
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Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what was written by
earlier masters. Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I
learned to write, I’d say I learned by reading the men and women who were
doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it.
But cultivate the best models.
Good writing doesn’t come naturally, though most people seem to think it does. Professional writers are constantly bearded by people who say they’d like to “try a little writing sometime” — meaning when they retire from their real profession, like insurance or real estate, which is hard. Or they say, “I could write a book about that.” I doubt it. Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard.
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