My high school technical writing teacher, and adviser to the school paper, told me to read this book. According to her, it was a sort of Bible when it comes to writing. I tried reading it in high school, but got bored by it.
I was finally able to finish the book (here in Japan, no less!). It was mainly because I saw it in the library and went, “Oh! That’s a book I recognize!” Well, it’s not really that they didn’t have a wide selection of English books. In fact, they had a lot! From Harry Potter, to Lord of the Rings, Bridget Jones, Roald Dahl, and more. It was just that I don’t often see that book on library shelves.
It was what it claimed itself to be — a concise book preaching about brevity and advising the writer in us to “make every word tell.” And as much as I would love to follow that book, I thrive on the unnecessary. I had succumbed to what the book cautioned about — loving the sound that the keyboard makes. Harhar.