Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

About this book

"Begin sentences with subjects and verbs " is the first tool in Roy Peter Clarks 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 Clarks thirty years as a teacher writer and journalist every tool bears the stamp of his experience and lighthearted wisdomfrom 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 dont use a traditional text at all.