{"id":107,"date":"2005-08-11T07:04:36","date_gmt":"2005-08-11T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2005-08-11T07:04:46","modified_gmt":"2005-08-11T14:04:46","slug":"fifty-writing-tools-the-workbench-of-roy-peter-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Writing Tools: The workbench of Roy Peter Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clark, a Senior Scholar at the Poynter Institute, has written <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/content\/content_view.asp?id=61811\"target=\"_blank\">a series of instructional tips for nonfiction writers<\/a> , and this amazing crash course in the craft of writing, from the &#8220;sub-atomic to the metaphysical level&#8221; (in the words of Pulitzer Prize winning feature writer Tom French), is posted online and it&#8217;s free. <\/p>\n<p>Clark writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At times, it helps to think of writing as carpentry. That way, writers and editors can work from a plan and use tools stored on their workbench. You can borrow a writing tool at any time. And here&#8217;s a secret: Unlike hammers, chisels, and rakes, writing tools never have to be returned. They can be cleaned, sharpened, and passed on.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And as he says, &#8220;These are tools and not rules.&#8221; Clark succintly defines each tool, then explains, examplifies, and end with suggested exercises. These <em>lessons<\/em> are invaluable for novices and experts alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark, a Senior Scholar at the Poynter Institute, has written a series of instructional tips for nonfiction writers , and this amazing crash course in the craft of writing, from the &#8220;sub-atomic to the metaphysical level&#8221; (in the words of Pulitzer Prize winning feature writer Tom French), is posted online and it&#8217;s free. Clark writes: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/?p=107\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fifty Writing Tools: The workbench of Roy Peter Clark&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-n-that"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}