OnWritingWell

完整讲述英文写作的要点，原则，与精髓，语言通俗易懂，是非常好的英语写作入门书籍WritingWellBOOKS BY WILLIAM ZINSSERAny Old Place With YouSeen Any Good Movies Lately?The City dwellersWeekend GuestsThe Haircurl PapersPop Goes AmericaThe Paradise BitThe Lunacy Boomon Writing wellWriting With a Word PIrocessorWillie and dwike(republished as Mitchell and RuffWriting to Learnpring trainingAmerican placesSpeaking of JournalismEasy to RememberAUDIO BOOKS BY WILLIAM ZINSSEROn Writing WellHow to write a memoirBOOKS EDITED BY WILLIAM ZINSSERExtraordinary Lives: The Art and Craft of American BiographyInventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of memoirSpiritual Quests: The Art and Craft of Religious WritingPaths of Resistance: The art and Craft of the political novelWorlds of childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for ChildrenThey Went: The Art and Craft of Travel WritingGoing on Faith Writing as a Spiritual QuestWritingWeelTHE CLASSIC GUIDE TOWRITING NONFICTION25th Anniversary editionWilliam ZinsserFullA Harperresource BookAn Imprint of harper Collins PublishersON WRITING WELL. Sixth Edition, revised and updated. Copyright O 1976, 1980,1985, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001 by william K. Zinsser. All rights reservedPrinted in the United States of America. no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the caseof brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information ad-dress HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022Harper Collins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use For information, please write to: Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers. Inc. 10 east 53rd Street. New York. NY 10022Designed by Alma OrensteinFirst HarperResource Quill edition published 2001Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataZinsser. william KnowltonOn writing well: the classic guide to writing nonfiction/William Zinsser.-25th anniversary edp. CIIncludes bibliographical referencesISBN O-06-000664-11. English language--Rhetoric 2 Exposition(Rhetoric)3. Report writingTitPE1429752001808.042dc212001041623ISBN C-06-000641(pbk)02030405◆/RRD10987654CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONPART I Principles1 The Transaction2 Simplicity3 Clutter134 Style185 The audience256 Word.337 Usage38Part II Methods8 Unity499 The Lead and the Ending5510 Bits pieces68part II Forms11 Nonfiction as Literature9512 Writing about People: The Interview10013 Writing About Places: The Travel Article11614 Writing about Yourself: The Memoir13315 Science and Technology14816 Business Writing: Writing in Your Job166I7 Sports17918 Writing about the Arts: Critics and Columnists19419 Humor208CONTENTSPaRT Iv Attitudes20 The sound of your voice23321 Enjoyment, Fear and Confidence24322 The Tyranny of the Final Product25523 A Writers decisions26524 Write as Well as You Can286SOURCES295INDEX301