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That is what you have to have to write a book: zest and gusto. A book is like an article only longer — considerably longer. All the rules of article writing apply to the writing of non-fiction books, and it is non-fiction that is discussed in this chapter. If you are planning to write a novel then you will have to look elsewhere for information.
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Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writer’s make-up, the things that shape his material and rush him along the road to where he wants to go, I could only warn him to look to his zest, see to his gusto.
Ray Bradbury
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Burnard, P. (1992). Writing books. In: Writing for Health Professionals. Therapy in Practice Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2851-1_10
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