TITLE: The Hard Part
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: April 06, 2009  2:05 AM
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This is the idea behind
<A HREF="http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2009-04.html#e2009-04-03T13_24_38.htm">
   biction</A>:

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
(The hard part of writing isn't the writing; it's the thinking.) <BR/>
-- William Zinsser
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>

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This line comes from Zinsser's recent article,
<A HREF="http://www.theamericanscholar.org/visions-and-revisions/">
   Visions and Revisions</A>,
in which he describes the writing and rewriting of
<EM>On Writing Well</EM> over the course of thirty
years.  I read <EM>On Writing Well</EM> a decade or
so ago, in one of its earlier editions.  It is my
favorite book on the craft of writing.
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