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  • Written by: William Zinsser
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  • Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (31 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

This expanded audio collection presents William Zinsser's On Writing Well, the classic teaching book that has sold more than 1 million copies, together with a new 90-minute section that tells you how to write a memoir.

Based on a course that Zinsser taught at Yale, On Writing Well has long been praised by writers, teachers, and students for its sound advice, its clarity, and the warmth of its style. It's for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day. Whether you want to write about people and places, science and technology, business, sports, or the arts, this is the definitive guide to the craft of nonfiction.

Part II of this collection, on memoir, personal history, and family history, tells you in helpful detail how to write the story of your life: who you are, who you once were, and what heritage you come from. Throughout, Zinsser refers to the work of many successful memoir writers, including Frank McCourt, Annie Dillard, Russell Baker, and Eudora Welty, to demonstrate how they solved the problems of selection, compression, focus, and tone that every memoir writer struggles with.

©1990, 1999, 2003 William Zinsser (P)2003 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

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"Zinsser's classic belongs on every writer's shelf. It's full of practical, no-frills advice on the basics of writing nonfiction: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity....The author's easy-going delivery and warm voice are confidence-building, as well. The discussion is crystal clear and easy to follow as transitional statements carefully lead the listener from one section to the next. Most of all, the audio exudes Zinsser's generosity of spirit, which is sure to inspire any would-be writer." (AudioFile)

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his narrative

clarity of his mind, and his thought process, I liked to listen to this book

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my experience

Narrator have done well. He said about writing to related your past good and bad experiences ,is a simple way to improve your writing.

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Simple, Different, Honest and Practical

Loves this book; I am hopefully that this will help me to be succinct and relevant.

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The Author's Own Voice

The author in his own voice shows us how to find our own writing voice.
Zinsser's voice has a slight, pleasant rasp. At times it is a little difficult to catch the names of the authors and books Zinnser cites but helpfully he lists them again at the end.
This recording includes two short works. One is on tips to write with "clarity, brevity, simplicity and humanity." The second tape urges us to find in our lives a place of memory that can be turned, with effort and craft, into a memoir. Zinnser assures us even if we have no desire to be known and published, the intentional effort and "invention" of writing a memoir will fully reward us by making us know our real self.

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Absolutely amazing! A must read for writers.

I thoroughly loved this audio book and I learned so many things about writing. It answered a lot of questions that I had about writing and corrected a lot of mistakes that I have been making. I was so inspired by it that I started writing a memoir and it’s so much fun doing it now. The author strikes instant connection with us and makes things extremely clear.

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