On Writing Well从1976年推出至今

已经再版7次

图书总计卖出超过两百万册

影响了无数英语人

作者 William Zinsser被《华盛顿邮报》称为是50年来*具影响力的写作教师之一。William Zinsser大半生，几乎只做两件事情：写作，教写作。他为各大报刊撰稿，在耶鲁教书，帮美国政府和企业做培训，在这个过程中，他积累了极其丰富的写作和教学经验。

On Writing Well 是他毕生写作经验的总结。阅读这本书是一种享受，在书中你见不到条条框框以及僵硬的说教，作者更像是你的一名老朋友，与你促膝长谈，告诉你应该怎样去用好每一个词，怎样去谋篇布局，怎样去写好一篇文章。可以说，这是一本有温度的写作指导书籍。

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.