On writing well : the classic guide to writing nonfiction /
By: Zinsser, William Knowlton.
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2006Edition: 7th ed., rev. and updated.Description: xiii, 321 pages : 25 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeSubject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | Non-fiction | Technical writing | Exposition (Rhetoric) | Report writingDDC classification: 808.042 ZINItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | Available | 0062611 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.