Writing Tools
Subtitle: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: January 10, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780316014991
Subjects: Writing Skills; Authorship; Composition & Creative Writing - General; Reference / Writing Skills; Reference; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English
Description: From the Publisher: One of America's 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 usable tools.