William Zinsser

In Remote — Office Not Required, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson recommend Zinsser’s On Writing Well as a writer’s primer for remote workers — part of their argument that clear writing is the core competency of distributed teams, since so much remote collaboration happens in text. The book lists On Writing Well alongside The Elements of Style (Strunk and White) and Richard Lanham’s Revising Prose as the recommended reading for sharpening one’s prose.

Context: William Zinsser (1922–2015) was an American writer, editor, and teacher whose On Writing Well (1976) is a widely used guide to nonfiction writing, championing clarity, simplicity, and the ruthless cutting of clutter.

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• Remote — Office Not Required — Zinsser’s On Writing Well is recommended as a writing primer for remote workers, reflecting the book’s emphasis on clear writing as the key skill of distributed work.