 | On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Knowlton Zinsser
Buy used from: $0.01 A classic guide that shows you how to achieve clear and concise prose. Unless you are "muddling your waters" on purpose, this book will help a lot.
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 | The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr.
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.99 This is another masterpiece advocating the virtue of clarity. Strunk & White, both paragons of this virtue, offer you the guidance needed to stop writing like its worst offender.
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 | Writing To Learn by William Zinsser
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $1.24 A book that shows how to write about any subject clearly--and with passion. The examples in this book prove that philosophical, and even mathematical, essays need not be incomprehensible mumbo-jumbo.
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 | The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.00 This book praises clarity and, like the others, shows how to achieve it. As an added bonus, however, Ayn Rand shows you how to toss the mystical aura of writing aside in order to make room for reason.
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