On Writing Well 2006 (30th Anniversary Edition)_ An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

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1、OnWritingWell30thAnniversaryEditionTHECLASSICGUIDETOWRITINGNONFICTIONWilliamZinsserCONTENTSCOVERTITLEPAGEINTRODUCTIONPARTIPrinciples1TheTransaction2Simplicity3Clutter4Style5TheAudience6Words7UsagePARTIIMethods8Unity9TheLeadandtheEnding10Bits&PiecesPARTIIIForms11NonfictionasLi

2、terature12WritingAboutPeople:TheInterview13WritingAboutPlaces:TheTravelArticle14WritingAboutYourself:TheMemoir15ScienceandTechnology16BusinessWriting:WritinginYourJob17Sports18WritingAbouttheArts:CriticsandColumnists19HumorPARTIVAttitudes20TheSoundofYourVoice21Enjoyment,Feara

3、ndConfidence22TheTyrannyoftheFinalProduct23AWriter’sDecisions24WritingFamilyHistoryandMemoir25WriteasWellasYouCanSOURCESINDEXABOUTTHEAUTHOROTHERWORKSCOPYRIGHTABOUTTHEPUBLISHERINTRODUCTIONOneofthepictureshanginginmyofficeinmid-ManhattanisaphotographofthewriterE.B.White.Itwasta

4、kenbyJillKrementzwhenWhitewas77yearsold,athishomeinNorthBrooklin,Maine.Awhite-hairedmanissittingonaplainwoodenbenchataplainwoodentable—threeboardsnailedtofourlegs—inasmallboathouse.Thewindowisopentoaviewacrossthewater.Whiteistypingonamanualtypewriter,andtheonlyotherobjectsare

5、anashtrayandanailkeg.Thekeg,Idon’thavetobetold,ishiswastebasket.Manypeoplefrommanycornersofmylife—writersandaspiringwriters,studentsandformerstudents—haveseenthatpicture.Theycometotalkthroughawritingproblemortocatchmeupontheirlives.Butusuallyitdoesn’ttakemorethanafewminutesfo

6、rtheireyetobedrawntotheoldmansittingatthetypewriter.Whatgetstheirattentionisthesimplicityoftheprocess.Whitehaseverythingheneeds:awritingimplement,apieceofpaper,andareceptacleforallthesentencesthatdidn’tcomeoutthewayhewantedthemto.Sincethenwritinghasgoneelectronic.Computershav

7、ereplacedthetypewriter,thedeletekeyhasreplacedthewastebasket,andvariousotherkeysinsert,moveandrearrangewholechunksoftext.Butnothinghasreplacedthewriter.Heorsheisstillstuckwiththesameoldjobofsayingsomethingthatotherpeoplewillwanttoread.That’sthepointofthephotograph,andit’sstil

8、lthepoint—30yearslater—ofthisbook.IfirstwroteOnWritingWellinanoutbui