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... readers , whatever you're writing . If you scribble your thoughts any which way , your readers will surely feel that you care nothing about them . They will mark you down as an egomaniac or a chowderhead - or worse , they will stop reading ...
... readers , whatever you're writing . If you scribble your thoughts any which way , your readers will surely feel that you care nothing about them . They will mark you down as an egomaniac or a chowderhead - or worse , they will stop reading ...
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... reading as quickly as possible to catch the larger problems of subject and form , then move in closer and closer as ... readers enough information so that they are satisfied . How much in- formation is enough ? That's as difficult as ...
... reading as quickly as possible to catch the larger problems of subject and form , then move in closer and closer as ... readers enough information so that they are satisfied . How much in- formation is enough ? That's as difficult as ...
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... reader - voice . I have supposed , but never found out , that this is the case with all readers - to read as listeners- and with all writers , to write as listeners . It may be part of the desire to write . The sound of what falls on ...
... reader - voice . I have supposed , but never found out , that this is the case with all readers - to read as listeners- and with all writers , to write as listeners . It may be part of the desire to write . The sound of what falls on ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
Copyright | |
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