Saturday, September 3, 2011

Simplicity by William Zinsser

I'm not a fan of reading and one of the main reasons why is because of the exaggerated word choice that most writers have. William Zinsser, author of the passage "Simplicity", argues that most writers need to take the time to consider their readers sentence deciphering abilities. I agree with William, that sometimes i feel trapped in a passage of a book as if I'm drowning with not knowing what a certain sentence might not mean and how it will affect the rest of the story if i don't understand it. Writers write their material with the purpose of using their full vocabulary, therefore allowing them to structure any sentence in anyway that better fits or pleases them, so i wouldn't be able to agree with William, when she says "Clear thinking becomes clear writing". Writing knows no bounds, therefore the writer shouldn't be limited to the type of material he can write or how he/she should write it and with what words to use. Maybe its are lack of vocabulary or maybe it's the writers conceited ego of excessive vocabulary, either way sometimes the most simplistic material can be hard to understand. 

1 comment:

  1. "Maybe its are lack of vocabulary "

    Just pointing it out. Needs to be fixed.

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