Writing is an act of ego, and you might as well admit it.
William ZinsserLess is more.
William ZinsserTag: writing
Writing is thinking on paper
William ZinsserWrite about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your readers will recognize in their own lives. Think small and you'll wind up finding the big themes in your family saga.
William ZinsserThe constant desire to win is a very American kind of trouble. Less glamorous gains made along the way--learning, wisdom, growth, and confidence, dealing with failure--aren't given the same respect because they can't be given a grade.
William ZinsserI almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.
William ZinsserTag: writing
Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.
William ZinsserDecide what you want to do. Then decide to do it. Then do it.
William ZinsserBut what if we fail' they ask, whispering the dreaded word across the Generation Gap to their parents. 'Don't' they whisper back. What they should say is 'Don't be afraid to fail. Failure isn't fatal
William ZinsserToday the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.
William ZinsserTag: humor writing non-fiction
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