Writing Tools : 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

English

ISBN: 0316014990

EAN: 9780316014991

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric/Reference / Writing Skills/

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Release Date: 01/31/2008

Synopsis: One ofAmericas most influential writing teachers offers a toolbox from which writers of all kinds can draw practical inspiration. Writing is a craft you can learn, says Roy Peter Clark. You need tools, not rules. His book distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writer become more fluent and effective. WRITING TOOLS covers everything from the most basic (Tool 5: Watch those adverbs) to the more complex (Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera) and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and love letters, here are 50 indispensable, memorable, and usabletools. Pull out a favorite novel or short story, and read it with the guidance ofClarks ideas. . . . Readers will find new worlds in familiar places. And writers will be inspired to pick up their pens. -BostonGlobe For all the aspiring writers out there-whether youre writing a novel or a technical report-a respected scholar pulls back the curtain on the art. -AtlantaJournal-Constitution This is a useful tool for writers at all levels of experience, and its entertainingly written, with plenty of helpful examples. -Booklist

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Writing Tools : 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 9.31 oz

Pages: 288