An early influence to me was Language in Thought and Action by S.I. Hayakawa. It's a good read for everyone, but I think anyone who has written to any extent would find it makes a lot of good points.
On Writing by Stephen King is also interesting, even if you have never read any of his fiction. You are reminded that he is - or was - an English teacher. I once knew a young woman who actually attended the high school where he taught, and she said his classes were quite good and that teaching was something he took very seriously.
Also I recommend the Chicago Manual of Style. Every writer should have a copy. There are other similar books out there, and not a few websites as well. But this one is the standard, IMO.
Creative Writing
Re: Creative Writing
I translated the title into English, but I don't see how it could be any other way around. Here, I found it it's titled On authorship and style on this website.Steven Coyle wrote:Boyan,
Thanks for the insightful recommendation. Is 'On Writing and Style' the title of the work? I'm having trouble locating it online.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopen ... pter3.html
It seems to me that the entire essay is not on that page, but the essential parts are mostly there as far as I could tell.
It's basically a lengthy essay. I figure if it's in publication it must be within a larger collection. since he has a at least a few more interesting essays of similar length.
Also On reading and books - this one is found with the one about writing in the book I'm holding.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopen ... pter5.html
This website has a bunch of his essays. I didn't even know he wrote that many.