"On Writing Well" and the last two weeks

I've been struggling to do things in the last few weeks. I drafted up two posts that are already obsolete, and I felt the need to get something out there so I don't lose momentum. A reader of my previous blog post, scribblypam , sent me a recommendation for the book "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser. I'm almost through the book—only about 20% left—and there's a particular chapter that I feel is…