William Zinsser

William Zinsser, who died in 2015, was the author of 18 books, including On Writing Well, and a columnist for the Scholar website.

Visions and Revisions

Writing On Writing Well and keeping it up-to-date for 35 years

By William Zinsser | Sunday March 1, 2009

The Daily Miracle

Life with the mavericks and oddballs at the Herald Tribune

By William Zinsser | Saturday December 1, 2007

Tristes Tropiques

Remembering the screenwriter of North by Northwest

By William Zinsser | Thursday September 1, 2005

Blue Moons and Buttermilk Skies

By William Zinsser | Friday October 13, 2017

Yes, But

By William Zinsser | Friday October 6, 2017

E-Maledictions

By William Zinsser | Friday September 29, 2017

Flunking Description

By William Zinsser | Friday September 22, 2017

The 300-Word Challenge

By William Zinsser | Friday September 15, 2017

How to Write a Memoir

By William Zinsser | Tuesday May 12, 2015

Blue Moons and Buttermilk Skies

By William Zinsser | Thursday March 15, 2012

No Proverbs, Please

By William Zinsser | Thursday March 15, 2012

Flunking Description

By William Zinsser | Friday February 3, 2012

The Complete Zinsser on Friday

By William Zinsser | Thursday February 2, 2012

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