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Overview"The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head. In HELP! FOR WRITERS, Roy Peter Clark presents an ""owner's manual"" for writers, outlining the seven steps of the writing process, and addressing the 21 most urgent problems that writers face. In his trademark engaging and entertaining style, Clark offers ten short solutions to each problem. Out of ideas Read posters, billboards, and graffiti. Can't bear to edit yourself Watch the deleted scenes feature of a DVD, and ask yourself why those scenes were left on the cutting-room floor. HELP! FOR WRITERS offers 210 strategies to guide writers to success." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roy Peter ClarkPublisher: Little, Brown & Company Imprint: Little, Brown & Company Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.414kg ISBN: 9780316126717ISBN 10: 0316126713 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 21 September 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9780316126700 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRoy Peter Clark is vice president and senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, one of the most prestigious schools for journalists in the world. He has taught writing at every level--from schoolchildren Pulitzer Prize winners--for more than thirty years, and has spoken about the writer's craft on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and NPR and at news organizations from the New York Times to The Sowetan in South Africa. A writer who teaches and a teacher who writes, he has authored or edited fifteen books about writing and journalism, including Writing Tools and The Glamour of Grammar. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |