Murder Your Darlings and Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

Sort of a guide to writing guides, this collection of writing advice from luminaries across history, like Aristotle, Strunk & White, Stephen King, Natalie Goldberg, and Anne Lamott provides writing inspiration and good advice in its own right as well as pointing the way towards which of these many books provides you the guidance most helpful in your own practice. 100 tips are gathered from 50 books and organized into chapters that each focuses on a key strategy. The author, writing teacher Roy Peter Clark, also offers context and personal anecdotes about what teachings he found helpful at various points in his long career. 

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