William Zinsser
American writer, editor, and teacher
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Those of us who are trying to write well about the world we live in, or to teach students to write well about the world they live in, are caught in a time warp, where literature by definition still consists of forms that were certified as "literary" in the 19th century: novels and short stories and poems. But in fact the great preponderance of what writers now write and sell, what book and magazine publishers publish and what readers demand is nonfiction.
—William Zinsser, American writer, editor, and teacher, On Writing Well, 1998
Posted on August 25, 1998 at 5:56 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough.
—William Zinsser, American writer, editor, and teacher, On Writing Well, 1998
Posted on December 2, 2002 at 10:06 AM
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