Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006G2UBMS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 481 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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I'm Loving "Writing Tools - 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer" Author Roy Peter Clark says "Writing is a craft you can learn. You need tools, not rules." Whether crafting a newspaper story, an admissions essay for college, a technical report, drafting your first novel, or whatever your task, you can become a more fluent and effective writer with a purpsoe, a plan, and a workbench full of tools for the trade. Clark believes that every writer can grow - and should, and "Writing Tools" shows the way.I'm loving the "Writin. Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer Rather be at the Beach Loved this book! It is well written and INTERESTING! So many "how to" books seems to have hundreds of pages when they only needed 100, but I learned something from almost every single page. The first chapter is Nuts and Bolts, and covers everything from "beginning sentences with subjects and verbs" to "letting punctuation control page and space". The writer gives a "quick list" of writing tools from "Break long projects into parts" to "Limit self-criticism . What a delightful surprise this book is! Some of the reviewers on Amazon claim they feel "talked down to" by Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. But I sure don't. In fact, the author uses examples from his own earlier writing to show how it could be improved by using the steps outlined in this book. That was a very refreshing approach, where how-to books are concerned.I have an Ivy League Ph.D. and so often suffer under the delusion that I don't need anyone t
Tool 34: Write from different cinematic angles. Tool 41: Turn procrastination into rehearsal. Help the reader learn from contrast. Turn your notebook into a camera. Plan and write it first in your head. You may be preparing a PowerPoint presentation or penning a love letter. "You need tools, not rules." In this essential guide, Clark distills decades of experience into fifty tools that writers of all kinds can use every day. For example: Tool 7: Fear not the long sentence. Take the reader on a journey of language and meaning. Clark works from the belief that every writer can grow - and should. You may be a student or a teacher, a poet or a critic, a columnist or a blogger. Writing Tools shows the way.. Tool 28: Put odd and interesting things next to each other. You may be crafting a newspaper story or an admissions essay for college. You may be writin