Writing Style Books
This cluster features recommendations for books on improving writing clarity, style, and conciseness, prominently including 'The Elements of Style' by Strunk and White, 'Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace' by Joseph Williams, Steven Pinker's 'The Sense of Style', and works by William Zinsser and Stephen King.
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Study "The Elements of Style" (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk-...), a classic on better writing. It will teach you about how to really write for the reader and not for yourself.
Try "The Elements of Style." Classic book on writing well.
I've found Steven Pinker's book on writing useful & spot-on [1][1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821371-the-sense-of-st...
I am reading "Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace", have you read this?EDIT: link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Style-Lessons-Clarity-Grace-12th/dp/0...
Read some good books on writing. https://www.amazon.com/Style-Lessons-Clarity-Grace-11th/dp/0... or older edition is quite good.
Since you're struggling with writing I'd highly recommend 'Elements of style' by William Strunk. I'm surprised nobody recommended this yet.http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37134Quite a few practical tips in there in terms of sentence structure and style.Just as a reference point, from the wikipedia page, "Time named in 2011 as one of the 100 best and mo
Stephen King's "On Writing" [0] is one of the best examples of this[0]: https://amzn.com/dp/1439156816
Anything by William Zinsser is worth reading.https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7881675.William_Zinsse...
No.Consider buying a copy of The Elements of Style by EB White and William Strunk Jr. It's a tiny book that you can read cover-to-cover over a weekend.Apply the concepts in the book.You're all set.
The Elements of Style by Strunk and White is indispensable.https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/...