Roy Peter Clark http://www.roypeterclark.com America's writing coach Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:59:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New book available in September http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/help-for-writers-now-in-bookstores/ http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/help-for-writers-now-in-bookstores/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:02:17 +0000 admin http://www.roypeterclark.com/?p=4 The latest by Roy Peter Clark: “Help! for Writers” is an owner’s manual for writers, outlining the seven steps of the writing process, and addressing the 210 most urgent problems that writers face.

]]> http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/help-for-writers-now-in-bookstores/feed/ 0 Text messages show power of short writing http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/text-messages-show-the-power-of-short-writing/ http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/text-messages-show-the-power-of-short-writing/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:48:12 +0000 admin http://www.roypeterclark.com/?p=39 The narrative power of the text message was revealed dramatically in recent days as the world mourned the deaths of almost 80 Norwegians, most of them young, all victims of a single mass murderer named Anders Breivik. [Read more]

]]> http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/text-messages-show-the-power-of-short-writing/feed/ 0 Meet me in D.C. http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/meet-me-in-d-c/ http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/meet-me-in-d-c/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:42:29 +0000 admin http://www.roypeterclark.com/?p=51 Details to come about how to attend my upcoming workshop for writers in Washington, in partnership with The Washington Post.

]]> http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/meet-me-in-d-c/feed/ 0 How to make complicated facts easy reading http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/the-secret-of-making-complicated-facts-easy-reading/ http://www.roypeterclark.com/2011/07/30/the-secret-of-making-complicated-facts-easy-reading/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:32:17 +0000 admin http://www.roypeterclark.com/?p=44 It takes great skill to make a piece of writing simple, clear and direct. Jargon, clutter, numbers and acronyms can jumble together, undercutting meaning and frustrating even the avid reader.

The antidote to the poison of complexity is a quality of writing called “pace.” [Learn more]

(Or, this could promote the Washington, D.C. writers workshop or a seminar or some other teaching)

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