Three Books on Writing Well for Indie Authors

When it comes to writing well some things never change-at least not all that much. Take the revised edition of The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White for example. In 1918, Strunk, a Cornell University English Professor, wrote a 43-page style guide and called it The Elements of Style. He published it himself, for use in his classroom. His main point, "Make every word tell," or as he put it in his 13th elementary principle of composition-"Omit needless words." Fast forward to 1957, when one of his students, White, decided to do an article on Strunk and his passion for lucid prose in The New Yorker. White called Strunk's little book "a 43 page summation of the case for cleanliness, accuracy, and brevity in the use of English."