Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
by William Zinsser
Writing is a tool that enables people in every discipline to wrestle with facts and ideas. It’s a physical activity, unlike reading. Writing requires us to operate some kind of mechanism—pencil, pen, typewriter, word processor—for getting our thoughts on paper. It compels us by the repeated effort of language to go after those thoughts and to organize them and present them clearly. It forces us to keep asking, “Am I saying what I want to say?” Very often the answer is “No.” It’s a useful piece of information. Clear writing is the logical arrangement of thought; a scientist who thinks clearly can write as well as the best writer.
Clear writing is the logical arrangement of thought; a scientist who thinks clearly can write as well as the best writer.
"Writing is a tool that enables people in every discipline to wrestle with facts and ideas. It’s a physical activity, unlike reading. Writing requires us to operate some kind of mechanism—pencil, pen, typewriter, word processor—for getting our thoughts on paper. It compels us by the repeated effort of language to go after those thoughts and to organize them and present them clearly. It forces us to keep asking, “Am I saying what I want to say?” Very often the answer is “No.” It’s a useful piece of information."
"Clear writing is the logical arrangement of thought; a scientist who thinks clearly can write as well as the best writer."
- →Clear writing is the logical arrangement of thought; a scientist who thinks clearly can write as well as the best writer.
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