Given that I put myself through four years of undergrad English lit and two of graduate creative writing seminars, it’s probably no shock that I value the ability to write well highly. But it’s not ...

Omit needless words. Don't write what you wouldn't say. Ditch clichés! Use zeugmas and anapests! Avoid zombie nouns! That first rule — omit needless words — comes from the classic language stylebook ...

William Zinsser, author of the classic guide On Writing Well, talks to Michele Norris about the challenges of writing personal history. He says that since the 1990s, many memoirs have focused on ...

William Zinsser, a writer whose 1976 book On Writing Well has become a Bible for people hoping to write concisely and with verve, died Tuesday at 92. A man who so generously gave us a some simple ...

Editor’s note: We’re resurfacing this article to remember Harold Evans after his death on Sept. 23. It was originally published on Dec. 27, 2018. Early in my career, I had the chance to work with ...

When it comes to writing well some things never change—at least not all that much. Take the revised edition of The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White for example. In 1918, Strunk, ...

It is not enough to be a good scientist. One needs to be a good communicator. When publications are clear and a pleasure to read, they will advance both the field and the authors' reputation. You have ...

This May 5, 1998 photo shows, author William Zinsser, in his office in New York. Zinsser, the much-consulted teacher, author, journalist and essayist whose million-selling book "On Writing Well" ...