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How to write short : word craft for fast times /

By: Clark, Roy Peter.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013Description: viii, 264 p. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316204323 (pbk.); 9780316204323:; 9780316204354 (hbk.); 0316204358 (hbk.).Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | Report writingDDC classification: 808.042
Contents:
Introduction : when words are worth a thousand pictures -- I : how to write short -- II : how to write short with a purpose -- A few final words : 441 to be exact -- Permissions and credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Summary: 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, even self-descriptions for online dating services.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : when words are worth a thousand pictures -- I : how to write short -- II : how to write short with a purpose -- A few final words : 441 to be exact -- Permissions and credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

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, even self-descriptions for online dating services.

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