Roy Peter Clark: 7 books
The Art of X-Ray Reading
How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, draws writing lessons from 25 great texts.
Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see...
Writing Tools
55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2008
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...
Help! For Writers
210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
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...
How to Write Short
Word Craft for Fast Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
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...
Murder Your Darlings
And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2020
From one of America's most influential writing teachers, a collection of 50 of the best writing strategies distilled from 50 writing and language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White.
With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look...
The Glamour of Grammar
A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Early in the history of English, the words "grammar" and "glamour" meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging alternative to stuffy instructionals. In this practical guide,...
Leer con rayos X
25 obras maestras que mejorarán tu escritura
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 2, 2016
En este libro Roy Peter Clark, un reconocido profesor de escritura de Estados Unidos, nos enseña una forma de leer que permite penetrar más allá de la superficie de los textos literarios y observar el proceso interno que los convierte en obras maestras. Leer con rayos X: 25 obras maestras que mejorarán...