One of the essays I found interesting was William Zinnser’s “simplicity.” I found this interesting because I know a lot of people who try to use more complicated words to either sound smarter or more mature. In his essay he says, “ Our national tendency is to inflate and therefore sound more important.” This means that a lot of people talk in a way that is more complicated and harder for people to understand.

When it comes to writing Zinnser says, “clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can’t exist without the other.” Zinnser believes that when people speak more complicated then they have to, their writing will be more complicated and harder to understand. Another thing that Zinnser says is, “the secret to good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.” He is saying that by having a huge story with complicated words, will get your message cross just as easy if you used simple words.

Simplicity means a lot of different things to other people. Zinnser’s version of simplicity can be a good thing to think about when you’re writing. Zinnser’s version of simplicity is a lot like my own. I think of simplicity is not making things harder for you. By using simple words you can make your life simpler.