Writing tools - 49 essential strategies for every writer: author: Roy Peter Clark language: Arabic publication date: 2017 book format: paperback publisher: Dar Al-Arabia for Science Publishers number of pages: 311 book classification: literature and poetry description: writing is a craft you can learn," says Roy Peter Clark. "You need tools, not rules." In this indispensable guide, the author transforms decades of writing experience into forty-nine tools that writers of all kinds can use every day. You may be a journalist writing a story for the newspaper, or a student wanting to submit a college application. You might want to write a technical report, or perhaps plan your first novel. You could be a student or a teacher. A poet or a critic, a columnist or a blogger. You might be an employee giving a presentation to management, or a lover writing a love letter. Whatever your task, you can become more fluent and effective as a writer; have a goal, a plan, and a desk full of tools. For example: Tool 6: Don't fear the long sentence take the reader on a journey through language and meanings. Tool 27: Place dissimilar things side by side. Help the reader learn through contradictions.