William Zinsser

Writing with a Word Processor (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this helpful and entertaining book the author of the classic On Writing Well explains that he has always had a love of paper and a fear of mechanical objects. He describes how he confronted his hang-ups, got a word processor, taught himself to use it and gradually overcame his sense of inferiority to the machine. He explains how the word processorby enabling him to revise his work instantly on a screenhas changed his lifelong methods of writing, rewriting and editing.

But William Zinsser's book isn't only for writers. It's for all the people who have to do any kind of writingmemos, letters, reports, directivesas part of their working day. It explains how the word processor will save time and money in an office or a corporation and predicts that it will soon be our primary writing tool.

On one level Writing with a Word Processor is a manual for beginners that describes clearly and simply how to use the new technology. But it is also one writer's story. William Zinsser takes the reader along on a highly personal journey, writing with warmth and humor about his anxieties and fears, his setbacks and triumphs. His book is both an informal guide and an encouraging companion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062244826
• Artikelnr.: 38007602

Autorenporträt

William Zinsser is a writer, editor and teacher. He began his career on the New York Herald Tribune and has since written regularly for leading magazines. During the 1970s he was master of Branford College at Yale. His 17 books, ranging from baseball to music to American travel, include the influential Writing to Learn and Writing About Your Life. He teaches at the New School in New York.