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"Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can’t exist without the other.”

William Zissner has been a huge influence on my writing.

Here are 10 of my favorite quotes from his legendary book, "On Writing Well"

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Notes from "On Writing Well" by William Zissner

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift">“Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it’s where the game is won or lost.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “Readers want to know—very soon—what’s in it for them.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “Never say anything in writing that you wouldn’t comfortably say in conversation. If you’re not a person who says “indeed” or “moreover,” or who calls someone an individual (“ he’s a fine individual”), please don’t write it.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> "Prune out the small words that qualify how you feel and how you think and what you saw... Don’t be a little annoyed. Be annoyed. Don’t hedge. Good writing is lean and confident.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “Nobody can write a decent article about the disappearance of small towns in Iowa; it would be all generalization and no humanity. The writer would have to write about one small town in Iowa and thereby tell her larger story..."

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “Among good writers it is the short sentence that predominates, and don’t tell me about Norman Mailer— he’s a genius. If you want to write long sentences, be a genius.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “Living is the trick. Writers who write interestingly tend to be men and women who keep themselves interested.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “An occasional short sentence can carry a tremendous punch.”

- William Zissner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> “Writing well means believing in your writing and believing in yourself, taking risks, daring to be different, pushing yourself to excel.”

- William Zissner

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