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It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn Writing Well\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. 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She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer's craft: on writing from \"first thoughts\" (keep your hand moving, don't cross out, just get it on paper), on listening (writing is ninety percent listening; the deeper you listen, the better you write), on using verbs (verbs provide the energy of the sentence), on overcoming doubts (doubt is torture; don't listen to it)—even on choosing a restaurant in which to write. Goldberg sees writing as a practice that helps writers comprehend the value of their lives. 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