technical-writing

I read thousands of books, but never learned to write eloquently until I was 18 and was taught to write by someone very experienced at teaching writing. He went through dozens of essays with a red pen, tightening constructions and arguments. I'm convinced that doing is the only way to learn writing, and if you can get 1-on-1 guidance and detailed feedback, it can hugely accelerate the process. That said, also read * William Zinsser "How to write well". It's a very practical classic that improved my writing by a factor of two or more after one reading, and I found it enjoyable enough to read it more than once. * Mark Forsyth "The Elements of Eloquence". Also highly enjoyable while remaining very practical (it also took several readings to remember a lot of the points he made, but it's reasonably short and each of the many sections are inde