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Levels of the game - absolute classic. Highly recommend ‘Draft No 4’ by McPhee; full of tips for anyone hoping to become a better writer.

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Awesome, thanks for the rec!

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It's not as brief as Strunk and White, but Stephen King's On Writing has backstory, writing tips, and biography that's quite well written. This is one of my favorites from King.

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Ah, yes! Great great book.

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I still think Zinsser’s On Writing Well is the best book on the art of writing--clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity!

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Yes, super good!

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Thank you for introducing me to John McPhee. 😊

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A great companion to Levels of the Game is a McPhee essay called Twynam of Wimbledon, about the head groundskeeper there. He sees the game in a way nobody else does and can tell you which players are toe draggers and which are sliders.

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Awesome, I didn't know about that one! Thanks!

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I feel sorry for you and the volume of comments you are going to get this week BUT….. haw do you feel about Seabiacuit, t by Laura Hillenbrand? IMHO it’s a great example of how to write non-fiction in a compelling way.

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Yeah, she's great! "Unbroken" is also incredible.

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