William Zinsser, who died in 2015, was the author of 18 books, including On Writing Well, and a columnist for the Scholar website.
William Zinsser
How to Write a Memoir
Be yourself, speak freely, and think small
by William Zinsser | Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Thanksgiving Day Repainted
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 18, 2011
A Christmas Dinner
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 24, 2010
The Daily Miracle
Life with the mavericks and oddballs at the Herald Tribune
by William Zinsser | Saturday, December 01, 2007
Blue Moons and Buttermilk Skies
American songwriters knew that weather was a state of mind
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 13, 2017
Yes, But
I collect self-canceling headlines, but I’m tired of them
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 06, 2017
E-Maledictions
It’s a life choice: I don’t have email
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 29, 2017
Flunking Description
Why I tried to write like a Victorian novelist
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 22, 2017
Looking Forward, Looking Back
by William Zinsser | Friday, February 25, 2011
The Complete Zinsser on Friday
Congratulations to William Zinsser, winner of the 2012 National Magazine Award in the category of Digital Commentary
by William Zinsser | Thursday, February 02, 2012
Envoi
With his 82nd blog entry, a revered journalist, teacher, and essayist says goodbye
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 16, 2011
Writing English as a Second Language
by William Zinsser | Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Journeys with Joseph Mitchell
by William Zinsser | Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Sharing the Issues
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 07, 2010
A Joyful Noise
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 14, 2010
Rescued by Humor
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 21, 2010
At Ease in the Stone Age
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 28, 2010
Permission Givers
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 04, 2010
The Old Flotilla
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 11, 2010
Life and Work
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 18, 2010
Melville’s South Seas Myth
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 25, 2010
What Does It Do?
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 02, 2010
Like a Mighty Stream
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 09, 2010
Stevenson's Ghost
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 16, 2010
Family Albums
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 23, 2010
Sacred Objects
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 30, 2010
Mark Twain’s Hannibal
by William Zinsser | Friday, August 06, 2010
Detour Ahead
by William Zinsser | Friday, August 13, 2010
Literate Revelry
by William Zinsser | Friday, August 20, 2010
The Grand Tour
by William Zinsser | Friday, August 27, 2010
Where Did the Summer Go?
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 03, 2010
One Man’s Library
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 10, 2010
Singing Along With Mitch
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 17, 2010
Out of Order
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 24, 2010
Men of Letters
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 01, 2010
Fantasia for the Left Hand
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 08, 2010
An Interesting Life
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 15, 2010
Crash Through That Line of Blue!
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 22, 2010
The Revenge of the Comic Novel
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 29, 2010
Tips
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 05, 2010
On the Trail of the Chêng Ho
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 12, 2010
Home for Thanksgiving
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 19, 2010
Tales of ‘South Pacific’
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 26, 2010
“Bring Back Boredom!”
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 03, 2010
Yes, But
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 10, 2010
Stopping Steve Martin
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 17, 2010
Obama and the Lac Bug
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 31, 2010
Blondie and Dilbert
by William Zinsser | Friday, January 07, 2011
E-Maledictions
by William Zinsser | Friday, January 14, 2011
Goodbye and Don’t Come Back
by William Zinsser | Friday, January 21, 2011
Stardust Memories
by William Zinsser | Friday, January 28, 2011
No Second Act
by William Zinsser | Friday, February 04, 2011
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
by William Zinsser | Friday, February 11, 2011
The Right to Write
by William Zinsser | Friday, February 18, 2011
The 300-Word Challenge
by William Zinsser | Friday, March 11, 2011
Working for Tina Brown
by William Zinsser | Friday, March 04, 2011
In Bed by the Last Eight
by William Zinsser | Friday, March 18, 2011
A Cousin from Cologne
by William Zinsser | Friday, March 25, 2011
Prisoners of Britspeak
by William Zinsser | Friday, April 01, 2011
Content Management
by William Zinsser | Friday, April 15, 2011
Easter Light
by William Zinsser | Friday, April 22, 2011
Once Around the Sun
by William Zinsser | Friday, April 29, 2011
Trapped by the Past
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 06, 2011
No Last Names
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 13, 2011
Central Park Lite
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 20, 2011
In Memoriam
by William Zinsser | Friday, May 27, 2011
Writing for the Wrong Reasons
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 03, 2011
Baseball Without Myths
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 10, 2011
Me and My Relationships
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 17, 2011
The Last of the Lone Wanderers
by William Zinsser | Friday, June 24, 2011
How to Get to Our House
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 01, 2011
Tristes Tropiques
by William Zinsser | Friday, April 08, 2011
Unexpected Visitors
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 08, 2011
On the Trail of Sublime
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 15, 2011
Summer House Books
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 22, 2011
The ‘A’ Word
by William Zinsser | Friday, July 29, 2011
No Degrees of Separation
by William Zinsser | Sunday, August 28, 2011
Peter McGuire's Holiday
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 02, 2011
Improving a Masterpiece
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 09, 2011
Flunking Description
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 16, 2011
No Place Like “Home”
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 23, 2011
“Who Would Care About My Story?”
by William Zinsser | Friday, September 30, 2011
Hold the Emotion!
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 07, 2011
Dancing With Scrolls
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 14, 2011
Nowhere People
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 21, 2011
Hats Off
by William Zinsser | Friday, October 28, 2011
Brother, Can You Spare a Job?
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 04, 2011
The Perils of Pauline Kael
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 11, 2011
The Writer Who Stayed
by William Zinsser | Friday, November 25, 2011
Looking for a Model
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 02, 2011
The Overtone Years
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 09, 2011
The Last Word
With his last two entries, a revered journalist, teacher, and essayist says goodbye
by William Zinsser | Friday, December 23, 2011
Blondie and Dilbert
by William Zinsser | Friday, January 06, 2012
Writing for the Wrong Reasons
by William Zinsser | Friday, January 20, 2012
Me and My Relationships
by William Zinsser | Friday, January 13, 2012
No Proverbs, Please
by William Zinsser | Thursday, March 15, 2012
Blue Moons and Buttermilk Skies
by William Zinsser | Thursday, March 15, 2012
My Stardust Memories
by William Zinsser | Monday, August 02, 2010
Tristes Tropiques
Remembering the screenwriter of North by Northwest
by William Zinsser | Thursday, September 01, 2005
Visions and Revisions
Writing On Writing Well and keeping it up-to-date for 35 years
by William Zinsser | Sunday, March 01, 2009
Why I Don’t Give Tips on How to Write
by William Zinsser | Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Simple Geometry
by William Zinsser | Friday, April 23, 2010
