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The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide foe Writers and Readers
Author: Ayn Rand
Plume Book
February 2001
Available at: Mandala Book Point and Educational Enterprises
So you want to write
By Bhupendra Rawat
If you imagined the entire Knowledge Revolution as one giant piece of 'hardware', as it were, it'd be a shock to realize that the old-fashioned ability to write well has become its reliable software. That's because whether we send emails to friends, or write memos for our boss using MS Word, or develop content for a Web site, or negotiate a deal with suppliers located in a different country, what we write and how well we write -- on paper and on the screen - are increasingly defining the extent of our personal and professional success. It's one thing to know JavaScript and HTML to land a computer-related job. But without an ability to write well -- using words in a simple, clear and persuasive manner -- the chances of one's taking a leadership role in today's Knowledge Revolution seem limited.
Yet the very idea of writing well terrifies intelligent people, even though writing was what they presumably did for years in school. As William Zinsser, an author of one of my all-time favorite books On Writing Well, puts it:
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