Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Paperback)

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Forlagets beskrivelse

Presents writing tools such as: Begin sentences with subjects and verbs, and more. This title sandwiches 48 more useful tools on Nuts and Bolts (words and sentences), Special Effects (tricks of the trade), Blueprints (organizational strategies), and Useful Habits for successful writers.

Bibliotekernes beskrivelse

"Begin sentences with subjects and verbs", is the first tool in Roy Peter Clark's "Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer". "Own the tools of your craft", the last. Pithy, entertaining, and always straight-to-the-point, "Writing Tools" sandwiches 48 more useful tools in-between, on "Nuts and Bolts" (words and sentences) "Special Effects" (tricks of the trade), "Blueprints" (organizational strategies), and "Useful Habits" for successful writers. Informed by Clark's thirty years as a teacher, writer, and journalist, every tool bears the stamp of his experience and lighthearted wisdom - from the usefulness of the suggestions (Tool 14: "Get the name of the dog") to the clarity of the prose itself. As fun to read as it is hands-on practical, it can be enjoyed straight-through or used as a reference as students draft, revise, and edit. Spiral-bound, the College Edition lays flat as students work at the computer. It is the perfect book to accompany a more comprehensive textbook, or for classrooms that don't use a traditional text at all.