Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.

Part I: Principles. The transaction ; Simplicity ; Clutter ; Style ; The audience ; Words ; Usage -- Part II: Methods. Unity ; The lead and the ending ; Bits & pieces -- Part III: Forms. Nonfiction as literature ; Writing about people : the interview ; Writing about places : the travel article ; Writing about yourself : the memoir ; Science and technology ; Business writing : writing in your job ; Sports ; Writing about the arts : critics and columnists ; Humor -- Part IV: Attitudes. The sound of your voice ; Enjoyment, fear and confidence ; The tyranny of the final product ; A writer's decisions ; Writing family history and memoir ; Write as well as you can.