Blog Post 1.2
A piece of Zinsser advice that has helped me through my writing is, “At such moments I ask myself one very helpful question: What is the piece really about?” (Zinsser, pg 269). Through personal experience, I have caught myself in the middle of a paper and questioning where I am going with it. We have a tendency of wanting to write down so much and lose the essence of what the story is truly about. We are then left with a very detailed story with no direct path or sequence of events.
I think this is good advice for any writer. Writers tend to lose the meaning of their writing and begin to ramble about things that are not true to what they want their piece to be. Usually, writers add unnecessary details that draw them down another path. We then wind up with too much wordiness and lack of direction. I think it is great to really question where you want to go with your story. It allows you to gather the details you need and execute a great piece of writing.
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