Dr. Brock is a surgeon and amateur writer who speaks about the writing profession alongside Zinsser at a local school’s “day devoted to the arts.” His opinions on writing are generally the opposite of Zinsser’s, which shows that there’s no formula for succeeding as a writer—everyone finds their own individual process.
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Dr. Brock Character Timeline in On Writing Well
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Chapter 1: The Transaction
...about the writing profession. It also invites the professional surgeon and budding amateur writer Dr. Brock, who disagrees with Zinsser on everything. Brock says that writing is fun and easy, while...
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Brock and Zinsser both find their disagreements fascinating. Their conversation proves that there’s no “right” way...
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