Reddit reviews On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

I highly recommend Mindset. A fixed mindset is basically shooting yourself in the foot if you have any sort of goal whatsoever.

Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering is from the mid-90s but basically everything is still true today.


Becoming a Technical Leader and Apprenticeship Patterns are kind of like two sides to the same coin. I read the former during my first internship and I definitely think it helped me succeed at my second internship and in my first job.

On Writing Well has an entire chapter on technical writing, but the rest of the book is fantastic as well.

• The Writing Life by Annie Dillard -- An example both in the things she says and how she says it of damn good writing. It's short, and influential. I read it three times in twenty four hours the first time I picked it up.
  
  
• [Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087788918X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=087788918X&linkCode=as2&tag=crysbrya-20) by Madeline L'Engle -- I recommend this for anyone of any faith or lack thereof for L'Engle's discussions on true art, the morality of art, the effect it has on a person's being and possibly the best writing I've ever read of hers, and I love L'Engle's novels, so that's saying something.
  
  
• On Writing Well by William Zinnser -- My personal copy has probably half the book underlined, but my favorite chapter, by far, is Chapter 2, Simplicity. I feel it should be required reading for every author aspirant.
  
  
• The Art of the Personal Essay by Philip Lopate -- This is an anthology, but a better teacher of good personal writing than any how-to book I've ever read.
  
  
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss -- You'll never find grammar or punctuation boring again after reading Truss's hilarious and informative treatment of the worthiness of punctuation, in current times and throughout history. (Though I disagree with her dismissal of the interrobang.)

> great articulation

You will like this book, then...

"On Writing Well", by William Zinser

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0090RVGW0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Yes, a TL;DR would be great. I think in general, it's important to self-help/advise narratives short and to-the-point. I've read way too many self-help books that are mostly fluff, with author repeating either (1) themselves over and over again, or (2) talking about unrelated stories from their life. Good writing ^([1]) in general should be short, succinct, to-the-point, and packed with valuable information.

^([1]) Best book on the topic: On Writing Well.