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William Zinsser Quotes: There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough.
         

There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough.


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I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.




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If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.





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