William Zinsser Quotes

Learn To Enjoy This Tidying Process. I Don't Like To Write; I Like To Have Written. But I Love To Rewrite. I Especially Like To Cut: To Press The DELETE Key And See An Unnecessary Word Or Phrase Or Sentence Vanish Into The Electricity. I Like To Replace A Humdrum Word With One That Has More Precision Or Color. I Like To Strengthen The Transition Between One Sentence And Another. I Like To Rephrase A Drab Sentence To Give It A More Pleasing Rhythm Or A More Graceful Musical Line. With Every Small Refinement I Feel That I'm Coming Nearer To Where I Would Like To Arrive, And When I Finally Get There I Know It Was The Rewriting, Not The Writing, That Wont The Game.

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