How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
- ISBN-10
- 031620434X
- ISBN-13
- 9780316204347
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-27
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Spark
- Author
- Roy Peter Clark
Description
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.
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