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Sunday, November 01, 2015

Phil's Lists, Part 6: Articles on Writing

I recommend these five articles on writing because they will surely lead to others and will get you writing.

  1. Elmore Leonard: "Ten Rules for Good Writing"
  2. George Orwell: "Politics and the English Language"
  3. Zadie Smith: Ten Good Writing Habits"
  4. Walter Strunk and E. B. White: "Eleven Composition Principles"
  5. Kurt Vonnegut: "Writing with Style" 
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Philip Vassallo is a communication and education consultant. Phil is the author of three instructional books (How to Write Fast Under Pressure, The Art of Email Writing, and The Art of On-the-Job Writing), two play collections (Questions Asked of Dying Dreams and A Case-by-Case Basis: Four Short Plays), two essay collections (The Inwardness of the Outward Gaze: Learning and Teaching Through Philosophy and Person to Person: Essays from Two Centuries), and two poetry collections (Like the Day I Was Born: 40 Poems, 40 Places, 40 Days) and American Haiku). Twenty-seven of his plays are licensed through Concord Theatricals, Heuer Publishing, Brooklyn Publishing, Green Room Press, Heartland Plays, and Next Stage Press. Many of his videotaped, credit-bearing courses are available through Kaplan Education. He holds a doctorate in Educational Theory and Philosophy from Rutgers University and received a New Jersey State Council on the Arts grant for playwriting. Phil can be reached at Phil@PhilVassallo.com.
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