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On writing well : the classic guide to writing nonfiction /

by Zinsser, William Knowlton.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2006Edition: 30th anniversary ed., 7th ed., rev. and updated.Description: xiii, 321 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0060891548; 9780060891541.Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | Exposition (Rhetoric) | Report writing | Kreatives Schreiben | Sachtext | Literaturproduktion | Ratgeber | Ratgeber
Contents:
Principles: Transaction -- Simplicity -- Clutter -- Style -- Audience -- Words -- Usage -- Methods: Unity -- Lead and the ending -- Bits & pieces -- Forms: Nonfiction as literature -- Writing about people: Interview -- Writing about places: Travel article -- Writing about yourself: Memoir -- Science and technology -- Business writing: Writing in your job -- Sports -- Writing about the arts: Critics and columnists -- Humor -- Attitudes: Sound of your voice -- Enjoyment, fear and confidence -- Tyranny of the final product -- Writer's decisions --Writing family history and memoir -- Write as well as you can.
Summary: 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.
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Lee Yan Fong Library

Lee Yan Fong Library

Library Collection 		PE1429 Z5 2006 (Browse shelf) Available 00016271
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-309) and index.

Principles: Transaction -- Simplicity -- Clutter -- Style -- Audience -- Words -- Usage -- Methods: Unity -- Lead and the ending -- Bits & pieces -- Forms: Nonfiction as literature -- Writing about people: Interview -- Writing about places: Travel article -- Writing about yourself: Memoir -- Science and technology -- Business writing: Writing in your job -- Sports -- Writing about the arts: Critics and columnists -- Humor -- Attitudes: Sound of your voice -- Enjoyment, fear and confidence -- Tyranny of the final product -- Writer's decisions --Writing family history and memoir -- Write as well as you can.

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.

Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education
Lee Yan Fong Library
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