Summary of the book "On Writing Well"

Understandable Writing
In the book "On Writing Well", one of the constant struggle for writers, as pointed out by Zinsser, is to present their ideas in simplicity. "Simplicity" is also the title of the essay, a most befitting way of sharing his notion. Willian Zinsser identifies clutter as the central problem in writing, stating that it makes writers use methods or words that usually directs them away from their original point. According to Zinsser, clutter is the main reason and number one obstacle that stands in the way of American writers and their struggle in producing an understandable and interesting literary work. (Zinsser)
Clutter includes the use of complex sentences and big words that are sometimes hard to understand. Zinsser promotes that the true essence of a work can only be properly shared when it is at its most simple yet most understandable form. “Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaning...