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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Good advice on writing. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992 (OCoLC)645834927 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Safire; Leonard Safir |
| ISBN: | 0671770055 9780671770051 |
| OCLC Number: | 25913963 |
| Description: | 288 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | compiled and edited by William Safire and Leonard Safir. |
Abstract:
This volume contains a collection of wise and witty words from famous authors from Aristotle to Zinsser, who comment succinctly and cogently on elements of writing -- from "Accuracy" ("One should always aim at being interesting rather than exact"--Voltaire) to "Writer's Block" (see "Doggedness"). The reader/writer can find solid advice (not surprisingly often contradictory), humor, and inspiration on each page. Now, what to write? Look under "Subject" and find E.B. White's recommendation: "A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter."
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