How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times

by Roy Peter Clark

Book Overview

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 logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing Internet age, short-form writing has become an essential skill.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316204323
• ISBN13: 9780316204323
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"