Writing Tools
by Roy Peter Clark
Clark's 55 strategies for every writer: begin sentences with subjects and verbs, order words for emphasis, fear not the long sentence, and so on, each with examples and exercises. The most practical writing book from the Poynter Institute.
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you want concrete tools to improve any prose immediately.
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Skip it if…
you want writing philosophy.
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Three things you will actually use
- Subject and verb early.
- Put the strongest word at the end.
- Cut big, then small.
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Apply tools one through five to a paragraph you wrote today.
Our verdict
55 usable tools.
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