Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition): 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writ [Paperback]

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 Toolshas 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 Toolsis 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 Toolsis essential reading.

Roy Peter Clark is 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. A writer who teaches and a teacher who writes, he has authored or edited seventeen books on writing and journalism, includingThe Art of X-Ray Reading,How to Write Short,The Glamour of Grammar,Help! for Writers, andWriting Tools. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Roy Peter Clark knows more about writing than anybody I know who is not currently dead. Dave Barry, author ofDave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far) Clark is a joyful, brilliant teacher who unlocks the mysteries of literary flow. This book is one to keep near the keyboard. Anne Hull, national reporter for theWashington Post Roy is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of writing teachers....Like its author,Writing Toolsis bl3ã