ON Writing Well by W. Zinnser has me a little confused. I haven’t read the entire book however, upon reading did you find that he contradicts himself (eliminate big words but uses them anyway) or his ideologies aren’t exceptable amongst other writers?
posted 1 year ago
Yeah, Zinnser is not an easy read. And there are times when he contradicts himself. BUT there are some good nuggets in that book that make it worth it. Choose for yourself what works and stick with it. I find the book to be a little preachy and mean sometimes towards new writers. But I ignore those parts.
