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Ya gotta wanna

Reading and loving ‘On Writing Well,’ by William Zinsser.

Great quote: ‘Can such principles [of writing with humanity and warmth, clarity and strength] be taught? Maybe not. But most of them can be learned.’

You can lead a horse to water…

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2 thoughts on “Ya gotta wanna”

  1. Hi Paul, Thanks for reminding me about this book. I read it [a few] years ago. I [still often] use the square brackets [WZ talks about] to id [all] those unnecessary words[, as I review my and others’ work]. I’m always surprised how much filler I use [in my writing]!

    1. Good point, Trent. I found myself going over your comment and reading just the bits outside the square brackets to see if it still made sense. It did!

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