William Zinnser, Simplicity written for On Writing Well (1976), explains first that good writing is to “strip every sentence to its cleanest components”, second he explains that the reader does not have a very long attention span so the writer has to be clear and precise to not lose the reader, third he explains that good writing takes practice and work for most people. “Clutter is the disease of American Writing” Zinner explains and proves that to be a successful writer you have keep your sentences to a main point and not ramble on and also you have to work on not boring the reader so he or she stops reading your piece, to help with that he suggests that writers always ask themselves “what am I trying to say.” His purpose is to help writers
