Comments on: On Writing Well ~ review http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2010/05/on-writing-well-review/ on young adult books Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bonnie Hearn Hill http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2010/05/on-writing-well-review/#comment-1214 Bonnie Hearn Hill Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:42:05 +0000 http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/?p=2677#comment-1214 Thank you, Sally. Back in the seventies, I had no idea how his insightful and entertaining book would change the way I approach nonfiction--and fiction as well. Thank you, Sally. Back in the seventies, I had no idea how his insightful and entertaining book would change the way I approach nonfiction–and fiction as well.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2010/05/on-writing-well-review/#comment-1202 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:30:11 +0000 http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/?p=2677#comment-1202 [...] my good friend Sally Apokedak alerted me to this captivating article by William Zinsser, on how he wrote his perennial [...] [...] my good friend Sally Apokedak alerted me to this captivating article by William Zinsser, on how he wrote his perennial [...]

]]> By: Heather Ivester http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2010/05/on-writing-well-review/#comment-1148 Heather Ivester Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:22:42 +0000 http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/?p=2677#comment-1148 Thanks for this wonderful link, Sally! I took a few minutes to read Zinsser's article, "Visions and Revisions," and I particularly liked this sentence: "Books that teach, if they have a long life, should reflect who the writer has become at later stages of his own long life—what new work he has done and how his thinking has evolved." We always continue to grow as writers, and our new experiences and insight end up in our writing. Hey, that's encouraging to know that Zinsser was 52 before he published his life-defining work. yahoo! I have the 25th edition of On Writing Well sitting on my desk right now. It's one of my favorites. Your post has inspired me to slip it in my beach bag this summer and take it along with me while I soak up the rays beneath my beach umbrella. :mrgreen: Thanks for this wonderful link, Sally! I took a few minutes to read Zinsser’s article, “Visions and Revisions,” and I particularly liked this sentence:

“Books that teach, if they have a long life, should reflect who the writer has become at later stages of his own long life—what new work he has done and how his thinking has evolved.”

We always continue to grow as writers, and our new experiences and insight end up in our writing. Hey, that’s encouraging to know that Zinsser was 52 before he published his life-defining work. yahoo!

I have the 25th edition of On Writing Well sitting on my desk right now. It’s one of my favorites. Your post has inspired me to slip it in my beach bag this summer and take it along with me while I soak up the rays beneath my beach umbrella. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Bryan Sabol http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2010/05/on-writing-well-review/#comment-1135 Bryan Sabol Mon, 31 May 2010 23:00:02 +0000 http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/?p=2677#comment-1135 Thanks for bringing this book (back) to light, Sally. I haven't read Zinsser's work, but your high marks make me think I should check this out. Thanks for bringing this book (back) to light, Sally. I haven’t read Zinsser’s work, but your high marks make me think I should check this out.

]]>