Roy Peter Clark wordt algemeen beschouwd als Amerika's schrijfcoach, een toegewijde opvoeder die zich toelegt op het bevorderen van een natie van schrijvers. Zijn uitgebreide werk heeft talrijke barrières doorbroken en beïnvloedt aspirant-schrijvers wereldwijd. Met een doctoraat in middeleeuwse literatuur en een rijke achtergrond in journalistiek, biedt Clark een uniek perspectief op het schrijversambacht. Hij heeft online discussies over schrijven verlicht en bekroonde auteurs gevormd, wat zijn diepe vermogen om te onderwijzen en te inspireren aantoont.
The Values and Craft of American Journalism covers some of the most important issues facing journalists today: how to restore the credibility of journalism, how journalists see their craft and how they connect craft to values, how leadership is expressed in news companies, and how journalism connects with its purpose in a democratic society.
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 writer become more fluent and effective. WRITING TOOLS covers everything from the most basic ("Tool 5: Watch those adverbs") to the more complex ("Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera") and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and love letters, here are 50 indispensable, memorable, and usable tools. "Pull out a favorite novel or short story, and read it with the guidance of Clark's ideas. . . . Readers will find new worlds in familiar places. And writers will be inspired to pick up their pens." -Boston Globe "For all the aspiring writers out there-whether you're writing a novel or a technical report-a respected scholar pulls back the curtain on the art." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution "This is a useful tool for writers at all levels of experience, and it's entertainingly written, with plenty of helpful examples." -Booklist
From one of America's most influential writing teachers, a collection of 50 of the best writing strategies distilled from 50 writing and language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White.
America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.
Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, offers writing lessons we can draw from 25 great texts.
Im Internetzeitalter ist das Schreiben kurzer Texte zur unerlässlichen Kompetenz geworden. Clark beschreibt wie man effektive und kraftvolle Titel, Überschriften, Essays, Marketingtexte, Tweets, Briefe, ja sogar Selbstdarstellungen fürs Online-Dating schreibt. Kurz und gut schreiben zeigt Autoren, wie sie brillante Prosa schreiben, selbst mit nur 140 Zeichen.