Weekly Quote: William Zinsser on Simplifying Your Work

This week's quote comes from On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser. The book, released in 1976, has sold over a million copies and is worthy of everyone's attention. Whether you're writing emails to your grandma or quarterly business reports for your senior leadership team, this book can help.

It takes effort to be concise. You want to express your gratitude, share a funny anecdote, and provide as much helpful information as you can. You want to answer all the questions that have been asked AND any questions that may come up.

Keep whatever your writing as simple as you can. Whether it's an email or the report out, tell the story that needs to be told, but whatever it is can probably be shorter.