Help! for writers : 210 solutions to the problems every writer faces, Roy Peter Clark

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Help! for writers : 210 solutions to the problems every writer faces, Roy Peter Clark

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210 solutions to the problems every writer faces

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Roy Peter Clark

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• Help! for writers : 210 solutions to the problems every writer faces

Publication

• New York | Boston, Mass. | London, Little, Brown, 2013

Copyright

• ©2011

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• Originally published: 2011
• Includes index

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Contents

Introduction : The seven steps of the writing process -- How to get Help! -- Step 1. Getting started : I can't think of anything to write ; I hate writing assignments and other people's ideas ; I have trouble doing all the research -- Step 2. Getting your act together : My work habits are so disorganized ; I can never find what I need when I need it ; I have too much material to handle -- Step 3. Finding focus : I don't know what my story is really about ; I have trouble with the beginning ; I have problems selecting my best stuff -- Step 4. Looking for language : My vocabulary is so limited ; My early drafts are littered with clichés ; My words don't make things clear -- Step 5. Building a draft : I am totally blocked ; I can't stop procrastinating ; I have trouble working from a plan -- Step 6. Assessing your progress : I'm slow and miss my deadlines ; My middles sag ; It never ends well -- Step 7. Making it better : I don't know what to revise and run out of time ; My work is way too long ; I resent criticism and editing -- Final step: Keeping the faith -- 25 favorite writing books -- Excerpt from Writing tools : Introduction : A nation of writers -- Part I. Nuts and bolts : Tool 1. Begin sentences with subjects and verbs -- Tool 2. Order words for emphasis

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ocn810947320

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21 cm

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1st Little, Brown and Company pbk. ed.

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x, 294 pages

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9780316126700

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• (Sirsi) o810947320
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• (Sirsi) b1439488