Writing Tools
50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
- Roy Peter Clark - Poynter Institute
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Introduction
Preface
Tool 3
Tool 14
Tool 16
“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, and at $16.95 suggested retail (after bookstore mark-up), Writing Tools is considerably less expensive than traditional writing textbooks. With over 30,000 copies sold to the mass-market, the College Edition is the perfect book to accompany a more comprehensive textbook, or for classrooms that don’t use a traditional text at all.
useful writing tips provided
Quality information for students
useful but only as supplement.
I would recommend this book to my Bachelor and Master students as an essential guide for scientific writing.
Quality information for students
The book presents important strategies for improving the writing and publication practice of students.
I would recommend this book to my Bachelor and Master students as an essential guide for scientific writing.
useful writing tips provided