On writing well

On writing well

By
William Zinsser
William Zinsser
1976 • 337 pages

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14 books

Writing

ash1phoenix
Kristjan
Storyworthy
The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Building A Story Brand
Breakthrough Advertising

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4 books

英语

lmlm
lengmianSupporter
On writing well
Breaking the Cycle: Free Yourself from Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession, and Shame
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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2 books

写作

lmlm
lengmianSupporter
On writing well

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2 books

Writing

r0h1t4sh
Rohitash Kumar
On writing well
The Elements of Style

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194 books

Owned

gouthamve
Goutham VeeramachaneniSupporter
Pale Fire
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Dance Move
The Hour After Happy Hour
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
After the Wall
The Undercurrents

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38 books

Shortform

badam
Adam
The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
Someday Is Today
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
Happy: Why more or less everything is absolutely fine
The Chimp Paradox

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6 books

Writing Advice

SiddharthaGolu
Siddhartha Golu
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
The Sense of Style
Clear and Simple as the Truth
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122 books

Non Fiction

mikepearce
Mike Pearce
ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Slack
Psychology of Everyday Things
Succeeding with Agile
Agile Estimating and Planning

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5 books

Learning

iced-bev
Dom B
On writing well
The Sense of Style
The Economist Style Guide
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage

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59 books

2023 Reading Challenge

michaelvh
Mikey
The Frailest Thing: Ten Years of Thinking About the Meaning of Technology
Contact and Conflict: Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890
White Slaves of Maquinna: John R. Jewitt's Narrative of Capture and Confinement at Nootka
The Library of the Dead
In Praise of Slowness
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

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4 books

Writing Books

davemann
David
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
On writing well
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content

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169 books

Think

batalla
Mariano
The Art of Possibility
Creative Schools
Learn Better
The Power of Meaning
The War of Art
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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26 books

Creative Nonfiction

bugbear
Adam
In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction
Dear God, Have You Ever Gone Hungry?
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
Scenes from an Impending Marriage
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Brainiac
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

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20 books

Essays

bugbear
Adam
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
The Lifespan of a Fact
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
On writing well
Ever Since Darwin
The Utopia of Rules

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32 books

Writing

bugbear
Adam
On writing well
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House
The Lively Art of Writing
Ursula K. Le Guin

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117 books

Next

sherpadude
Eli
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement
El Banquete de Platon
Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
Way of the Wolf: Straight line selling: Master the art of persuasion, influence, and success
Influencer
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
The Art of Public Speaking

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557 books

Non Fiction

ryanlntn
Ryan Linton
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
The Selfish Gene
How To Win Friends and Influence People
How to Read a Book
ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
The Age of Spiritual Machines

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6 books

Technical Writing

ryanlntn
Ryan Linton
Writing for Computer Science
The LaTeX Companion
The Best Software Writing I
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2 books

Writing

ryanlntn
Ryan Linton
On writing well

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137 books

Published 1970s

DocHobbs
Chris
Moving On
I Never Loved Your Mind
84, Charing Cross Road
The Hot Rock
The Tombs of Atuan
In the Night Kitchen
Time and Again

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24 books

Best Of Business

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TJ
Escaping the Build Trap
Good Strategy Bad Strategy
Your Next Five Moves
The Elements of Style
On writing well
What is Strategy?: An Illustrated Guide to Michael Porter
The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design

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113 books

Nonfiction

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Federico
Ci sono luoghi al mondo dove più che le regole è importante la gentilezza
Lo sapevo, qui, sopra il fiume Hao
Fitopolis, la città vivente
La psicologia in infografica

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6 books

Writing

freidereikhs
Federico
Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
Write Useful Books
On writing well
Digital Zettelkasten
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
Storyworthy
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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34 books

Writing

fugixi
Marcus
No Plot? No Problem!
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Big Magic
On writing well
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure

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33 books

Owned

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Thomas
The Street Photographer's Manual
All The Pretty Horses
Things Fall Apart
It
"They Just Need to Get a Job"
House of Leaves
Gender Queer
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