How to write short : word craft for fast times / by Roy Peter Clark.

By:

Clark, Roy Peter, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014Description: viii, 264 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9780316204323 (pbk.)
0316204323 (pbk.)

Other title:

Word craft for fast times

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808/.042 23

LOC classification:

PE 1408 C594h 2014

Contents:

Introduction: When words are worth a thousand pictures -- I. 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 -- Tap 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 -- Join the six-word discipline -- Cut it short -- Add by contraction -- Excerpt-- but in context -- Surprise with brevity -- II. How to write short with a purpose : Enshrine -- Crack wise -- Sound wise -- Sell -- Entice -- Surprise with content -- Reframe messages as dialogue -- Marry words with pictures -- Summarize and define -- List -- Report and narrate -- Title -- Protect against the misuses of short writing -- A few final words : 441 to be exact.

Summary: "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."

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Includes index.

Introduction: When words are worth a thousand pictures --
I. 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 --
Tap 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 --
Join the six-word discipline --
Cut it short --
Add by contraction --
Excerpt--
but in context --
Surprise with brevity --
II. How to write short with a purpose : Enshrine --
Crack wise --
Sound wise --
Sell --
Entice --
Surprise with content --
Reframe messages as dialogue --
Marry words with pictures --
Summarize and define --
List --
Report and narrate --
Title --
Protect against the misuses of short writing --
A few final words : 441 to be exact.

"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."

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