You don't hear this figure thrown around too much when people boast about today's strong economy but millions of professionals make full-time livings as fine-artists. Most of the people that find monetary success in the world of art rise above their unemployed colleagues because they live and breathe their passion.

The book “On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction” by William Zinsser was first published in 1976. It offers useful advice to experts who work with nonfiction texts on a daily basis: writers, editors, proofreaders. Even though the primary purpose of the book is to teach a person write informative and impressive nonfiction texts, reading this book will be useful to editors as well. Here’s why.