Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is ho… - William Zinsser

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Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know — and what we don’t know — about whatever we’re trying to learn.

William Zinsser

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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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Writing is thinking on paper

We write to find out what we know and what we want to say.

writing is how we think our way into a discipline, organize our thoughts about it and generate new ideas.

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