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Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces

Roy Peter Clark

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head.

In Help! For Writers, Roy Peter Clark presents an "owner's manual" for writers, outlining the seven steps of the writing process, and addressing the 21 most urgent problems that writers face. In his trademark engaging and entertaining style, Clark offers ten short solutions to each problem. Out of ideas? Read posters, billboards, and graffiti. Can't bear to edit yourself? Watch the deleted scenes feature of a DVD, and ask yourself why those scenes were left on the cutting-room floor. Help! For Writers offers 210 strategies to guide writers to success.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Release: September 21, 2011

ISBN: 0316126713

ISBN 13: 9780316126717

Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces

Roy Peter Clark

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head.

In Help! For Writers, Roy Peter Clark presents an "owner's manual" for writers, outlining the seven steps of the writing process, and addressing the 21 most urgent problems that writers face. In his trademark engaging and entertaining style, Clark offers ten short solutions to each problem. Out of ideas? Read posters, billboards, and graffiti. Can't bear to edit yourself? Watch the deleted scenes feature of a DVD, and ask yourself why those scenes were left on the cutting-room floor. Help! For Writers offers 210 strategies to guide writers to success.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Release: September 21, 2011

ISBN: 0316126713

ISBN 13: 9780316126717

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