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Know Quotes by William Zinsser
- Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors…
- Finding a voice that your readers will enjoy is largely a matter of taste. Saying that isn't much help-taste is a quality so intangible that…
- People read with their ears, whether they know it or not,
- You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?
- Writing is linear and sequential; Sentence B must follow Sentence A, and Sentence C must follow Sentence B, and eventually you get to Sentence Z.…
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