How to Write Short
- Authors
- Clark, Roy Peter
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Tags
- reference , reference , writing skills , writing , business
- ISBN
- 9780316204347
- Date
- 2013-08-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.51 MB
- Lang
- en
**America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.
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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.