Roy Peter Clark

Inscription covered up on first inside dust page

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Virginia

English

A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

Uses the history of the English language to explain grammar, different parts of speech, and why concrete nouns and active verbs make writing stronger.

The Glamour of Grammar

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North Carolina

And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

From one of America's most influential teachers, a collection of the best writing advice distilled from fifty language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White. With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look for the best advice. Should you go with Natalie Goldberg or Anne Lamott? Maybe William Zinsser or Stephen King would be more appropriate. Then again, what about the classics -- Strunk and White, or even Aristotle himself? Thankfully, your search is over. In Murder Your Darlings, Roy Peter Clark, who has been a beloved and revered writing teacher to children and Pulitzer Prize winners alike for more than thirty years, has compiled a remarkable collection of more than 100 of the best writing tips from fifty of the best writing books of all time. With a chapter devoted to each key strategy, Clark expands and contextualizes the original author's suggestions and offers anecdotes about how each one helped him or other writers sharpen their skills. An invaluable resource for writers of all kinds, Murder Your Darlings is an inspiring and edifying ode to the craft of writing.

Murder Your Darlings

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Reference for writing short for social media and digital platforms. Perfect condition except a few pages have underlines but majority of the pages have never been touched.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Word Craft for Fast Times

America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing. 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 even self-descriptions for online dating services. 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.

How to Write Short

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Book is in great condition, but does have a little bit of annotating inside 

Florida

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools.

Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of fifty short essays on different aspects of writing. In the past decade, Writing Tools has become a classic guidebook for novices and experts alike and remains one of the best loved books on writing available.

Organized into four sections, "Nuts and Bolts," "Special Effects," "Blueprints for Stories," and "Useful Habits," Writing Tools is infused with more than 200 examples from journalism and literature. This new edition includes five brand new, never-before-shared tools.

Accessible, entertaining, inspiring, and above all, useful for every type of writer, from high school student to novelist, Writing Tools is essential reading.

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Roy Peter Clark

The Glamour of Grammar

Roy Peter Clark

Murder Your Darlings

Roy Peter Clark

How to Write Short

Roy Peter Clark

Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition)

Roy Peter Clark

Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition)

Roy Peter Clark

How to Write Short

Roy Peter Clark

How to Write Short

Roy Peter Clark

Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Roy Peter Clark

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Roy Peter Clark

Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition)

Roy Peter Clark

How to Write Short

Roy Peter Clark

How to Write Short

Roy Peter Clark

Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition)