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Is there a good book on sentence structure and variety? My goal is to improve the way my sentences flow on the page and to improve the reader experience.

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    Welcome to Writing.SE! I'm on the fence as to whether this is on-topic or not; our official topic guidelines state that shopping questions are off-topic here, but we have plenty of questions from people asking for software that performs various writing-related functions. I think this is fine for now. – F1Krazy♦ Apr 1 '20 at 21:09
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    It is on topic because it is asking about where to get advice about improving writing. – S. Mitchell Apr 3 '20 at 18:00
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A book that has helped me tremendously is On Writing Well by William F. Zinsser. I'm not sure if it is still in print, but a search of Amazon.com should turn something up.

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I can highly recommend Writing Tools, by Roy Peter Clark! It strongly focuses on being focused and concise. He uses examples from both fiction and journalism, which is interesting.

I hope it's what you're looking for! It has helped me a lot :)

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    Welcome to Writing.SE! Does this book offer any advice on sentence variety? If not, then I'm afraid it wouldn't be an answer to OP's question. – F1Krazy♦ Feb 16 at 14:00
  • Hello! Thanks for checking. It does, among other things that will help OP's writing flow on the page, and improve reader experience :) – Charlotte Feb 16 at 16:22
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Elements of Style by Strunkle and White

Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read by Brooks Landon. You can watch a portion of the Great Courses series that this book is based on here

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