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You learn to write by writing. It's a truism, but what makes it a truism is that it's true. The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain amount of words on a regular basis.

William Zinsser

Get people talking. Learn to ask questions that will elicit answers about what is most interesting or vivid in their lives. Nothing so animates writing as someone telling what he thinks or what he does — in his own words. His own words will always be better than your words, even if you are the most elegant stylist in the land.

William Zinsser

This is a book by a writer who does some teaching, not a book by a teacher who does some writing, and one of the satisfactions of the craft is that there's always something new to learn.

William Zinsser

The best way to learn to write is to study the work of the men and women who are doing the kind of writing you want to do.

William Zinsser