I really wanted to like this book but I think it was written for a different audience. It may also be my fault since my expectations were different from what the book delivered. I was hoping for a Lynn Truss-like book about rules of grammar and language that are a little unusual or unheard of. I ...
I found myself wishing "How to Write Short" had been a textbook for one of my college or high school English classes. The exercises at the end of each chapter (dubbed "grace notes") sounded like so much more fun than the usual homework assignment.I enjoyed the examples and anecdotes packed into t...
One of America's most influential writing teachers offers a toolbox from which writers of all kinds can draw practical inspiration. "Writing is a craft you can learn," says Roy Peter Clark. "You need tools, not rules." His book distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writ...