Good advice on writing : writers past and present on how to write well / compiled and edited by William Safire and Leonard Safir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Safire, William, 1929-2009.

Safir, Leonard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Authorship.

Authors--Quotations.

Authors.

Author--Quotations.

Local Subjects:

Authorship--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Author--Quotations.

Genre:

Quotations.

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, [1992]

Summary:

This volume contains a collection of wise and witty words from famous authors from Aristotle to Zinsser, who comment succinctly and cogently on elements of writing -- from "Accuracy" ("One should always aim at being interesting rather than exact"--Voltaire) to "Writer's Block" (see "Doggedness"). The reader/writer can find solid advice (not surprisingly often contradictory), humor, and inspiration on each page. Now, what to write? Look under "Subject" and find E.B. White's recommendation: "A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Good advice on writing.

ISBN:

0671770055

9780671770051

OCLC:

25913963