Improving my writing skills

Books

• William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White “The Elements of Style”
• William Zinsser “On Writing Well”
• Deirdre N. McCloskey Economical Writing

Articles by economists

• Greg Mankiw’s "How to write well"
• Hal Varian’s "How to build a model in your spare time"
• John Kenneth Galbraith’s “Writing, Typing, and Economics”
• David Romer’s “Out in Five”
• John Cochrane’s “PH.D Paper Writing”
• Ross Levine’s “Recommendations for Better Research”

Non-Economists (but still good)

• Math-Genius Terence Tao’s advice on writing papers
• Mike Kaspari’s 10-point checklist
• Lessons from Kurt Vonnegut
• Lessons from Hemingway

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