00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217613056825 Buklod 20190620142253.0 m go j cr |n |||auu|a 190620s2006 xx d r |||| u| 9780316014991 (iLib)UPD-00405465971 OCLCF DMLR rda eng DMLUC PN 145 C53 2016 Clark,Roy Peter author. Writing tools 55 essentials strategies for every writer Roy Peter Clark. 10th anniversary edition, revised Little, Brown paperback edition. New York, NY Little, Brown and Company 2016. ©2006 text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes Index. "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, September 2006"--Title page verso. "10th anniversary edition , featuring five new tools"-- Front cover. Part one: NUTS AND BOLTS: Begin sentences with subjects and verbs -- Order words for emphasis -- Activate your verbs -- Be passive-aggressive -- Watch those adverbs -- Take it easy on the -ings -- Fear not the long sentence -- Establish a pattern, then give it a twist -- Let punctuation control pace and space -- Cut big, then small -- Part two: SPECIAL EFFECTS: Prefer the simple over the technical -- Give key words their space -- Play with words, even in serious stories -- Get the name of the dog -- Pay attention to names -- Seek original images -- Riff on the creative language of others -- Set the pace with sentence length -- Vary the lengths of paragraphs -- Choose the number of elements with a purpose in mind -- Know when to back off and when to show off -- Climb up and down the ladder of abstraction -- Tune your voice -- Part three: BLUEPRINTS: Work from a plan -- Learn the difference between reports and stories -- Use dialogue as a form of action -- Reveal traits of character -- Put odd and interesting things next to each other -- Foreshadow dramatic events and powerful conclusions -- To generate suspense, use internal cliffhangers -- Build your work around a key question -- Place gold coins along the path -- Repeat, repeat, and repeat -- Write from different cinematic angles -- Report and write for scenes -- Mix narrative modes -- In short works, don't waste a syllable -- Prefer archetypes to stereotypes -- Write toward an ending -- Part three: USEFUL HABITS: Draft a mission statement for your work -- Turn procrastination into rehearsal -- Do your homework well in advance -- Read for both form and content -- Save string -- Break long projects into parts -- Take an interest in all crafts that support your work -- Recruit your own support group -- Limit self-criticism in early drafts -- Learn from you critics -- Own the tools of your craft -- PART FIVE: BONUS TOOLS: Take advantage of narrative numbers -- Express your best thought in the shortest sentence -- Match your diction to your writing purpose -- Create a mosaic of detail to reveal character -- Look for the "inciting incident" to kick-start your story. Roy Peter Clark distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writer become more fluent and effective. This book covers everything from the most basic ("Tool 5: Watch those adverbs") to the more complex ("Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera") and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and love letters, here are 50 tools. Authorship. English language Rhetoric. FO UPD DMLR PN 145 C53 2016 Book