Book
How to write short : word craft for fast times / by Roy Peter Clark.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316204354 :
- ISBN: 0316204358 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 264 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | When words are worth a thousand pictures -- How to write short. Collect short writing ; Study short writing wherever it finds you ; Read for focus ; Practice reading at a glance ; Follow the work of short writers ; Write in the margins ; Embrace the lyric ; No dumping ; Tape the power of two ; Learn to balance ; Give weight to one side ; Change your pace ; Hit your target ; Count to three ; Inject the juice of parallels ; Tweak the predictable ; Vary hard and soft words ; Cut it short ; Add by contraction ; Excerpt-- but in context ; Surprise with brevity -- How to write short with a purpose. Enshrine ; Crack wise ; Sound wise ; Sell ; Entice ; Surprise with content ; Reframe messages as dialogue ; Marry words with picture ; Summarize and define ; List ; Report and narrate ; Title ; Protect against the misuses of short writing -- A few final words-- 441 to be exact. |
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| Subject: | English language > Rhetoric. Report writing. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Camosun College Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interurban Library | PE 1408 C4175 2013 (Text) | 26040003073844 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| Lansdowne Library | PE 1408 C4175 2013 (Text) | 26040003072903 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
