Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition): 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer [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 Clarkis 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 to Pulitzer Prize-winning authors -- for more than forty years.

A writer who teaches and a teacher who writes, he has authored or edited nineteen books on writing and journalism, includingThe Art of X-Ray Reading,How to Write Short,Writing Tools,The Glamour of Grammar, andHelp! for Writers. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he is considered a garage-band legend.