How to Write Short
Word Craft for Fast Times
In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed--from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing internet age, short form writing has become an essential skill. Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines, essays, sales pitches, Tweets, letters, and much more. With examples from the long tradition of short form writing in Western culture, HOW TO WRITE SHORT guides writers to crafting brilliant prose, even in 140 characters.
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Format: Hardcover Book
Price: $19.99 US/$21.99 CAN
ISBN-13: 9780316204354
On Sale Date: 08/27/2013
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed--from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing internet age, short form writing has become an essential skill. Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines, essays, sales pitches, Tweets, letters, and much more. With examples from the long tradition of short form writing in Western culture, HOW TO WRITE SHORT guides writers to crafting brilliant prose, even in 140 characters.
Roy Peter Clark is vice president and senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, one of the most prestigious schools for journalists in the world. He has taught writing at every level--to schoolchildren and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors--for more than thirty years, and has spoken about the writer's craft on The Oprah Winfrey Show, NPR, and The Today Show; at conferences from Singapore to Brazil; and at news organizations from the New York Times to The Sowetan in South Africa. A writer who teaches and a teacher who writes, he has authored or edited seventeen books about writing and journalism, including his most recent, Help! For Writers. He lives in St. Petersburg , Florida
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Product Details
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Price: $19.99 US/$21.99 CAN
- Pages: 256
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
- ISBN-13: 9780316204354
- On Sale Date: 08/27/2013
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $19.99
- Pages: 256
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
- ISBN-13: 9780316204354
- On Sale Date: 08/27/2013
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $9.99
- Pages: 208
- ISBN-13: 9780316204347
- On Sale Date: 08/27/2013
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