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Adapted from zinsser on friday, the american scholars national magazine awardwinning essay series for nineteen months william zinsser, author of the bestselling on writing well and many other books, wrote a weekly column for the website of the american scholar magazine. He began his career on the new york herald tribune and has since written regularly for leading magazines. This expanded cd collection presents william zinssers on writing well, the classic teaching book that has sold more than 1 million copies, together with a new 90minute section that tells you how to write a memoir based on a course that zinsser taught at yale, on writing. During the 1970s he was master of branford college at yale. On writing well, 30th anniversary edition by william. Since its first printing in 1976, the book has sold 1. His eighteen books include the classic on writing well, which has sold almost 1. On writing well by william zinsser ive used writing to give myself an interesting life and a continuing educationlearning is a tonic. Based on a course that zinsser taught at yale and on his long experience as a freelance writer, editor and teacher, the book has been praised by thousands of writers. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of email and the internet.
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