Writing Tools (Record no. 7160)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0-316-01499-1 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Classification number | 808.042 |
| Item number | CLA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Clark Roy Peter |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Writing Tools |
| Remainder of title | 55 Essentials Strategies For Every Writer |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Roy Peter Clark |
| Medium | English |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 10th ed |
| Remainder of edition statement | 2016 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Little Brown Spark |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix-290 p. |
| Other physical details | soft bound |
| Dimensions | 14*21 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | Introduction: A Nation of Writers<br/>I. Nuts and Bolts<br/>1. Begin sentences with subjects and verbs.<br/>2. Order words for emphasis. <br/>3. Activate your verbs.<br/>4. Be passive aggressive.<br/>5. Watch those adverbs.<br/>6. Take it easy on the ¿ings.¿<br/>7. Fear not the long sentence.<br/>8. Establish a pattern, then give it a twist.<br/>9. Let punctuation control pace and space.<br/>10. Cut big, then small.<br/>II. Special Effects<br/>11. Prefer the simple over the technical.<br/>12. Give key words their space.<br/>13. Play with words, even in serious stories.<br/>14. Get the name of the dog.<br/>15. Pay attention to names.<br/>16. Seek original images.<br/>17. Riff on the creative language of others.<br/>18. Set the pace with sentence length.<br/>19. Vary the lengths of paragraphs.<br/>20. Choose the number of elements with a purpose.<br/>21. Know when to back off and when to show off.<br/>22. Climb up and down the ladder of abstraction.<br/>FM-6<br/>23. Tune your voice.<br/>III. Blueprints <br/>24. Work from a plan.<br/>25. Learn the difference between reports and stories.<br/>26. Use dialogue as a form of action.<br/>27. Reveal traits of character.<br/>28. Put odd and interesting things next to each other.<br/>29. Foreshadow dramatic events or powerful conclusions.<br/>30. To generate suspense, use internal cliffhangers.<br/>31. Build your work around a key question.<br/>32. Place gold coins along the path.<br/>33. Repeat, repeat, repeat.<br/>34. Write from different cinematic angles.<br/>35. Report and write for scenes.<br/>36. Mix narrative modes.<br/>37. In short works, don¿t waste a syllable.<br/>38. Prefer archetypes to stereotypes.<br/>39. Write towards an ending.<br/>IV. Useful Habits<br/>40. Draft a mission statement for your work.<br/>41. Turn procrastination into rehearsal.<br/>42. Do your homework well in advance.<br/>43. Read for both form and content.<br/>44. Save string.<br/>45. Break long projects into parts.<br/>46. Take interest in all crafts that support your work.<br/>FM-7<br/>47. Recruit your own support group.<br/>48. Limit self-criticism in early drafts.<br/>49. Learn from your critics.<br/>50. Own the tools of your craft.<br/>Afterword<br/>Acknowledgments<br/>Summary: Roy Peter Clark¿s Toolbox<br/>Index |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 4 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | Tetso College Library | Tetso College Library | English Literature | 01/03/2022 | 623.00 | 4 | 808.042 CLA | 11292 | 21/06/2024 | 13/06/2024 | 01/03/2022 | Books |