How to write short : word craft for fast times

Clark, Roy Peter (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0316204358 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9780316204354 (hbk.) :
Physical Description: viii, 264 pages ; 22 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

When words are worth a thousand pictures -- How to write short. Collect short writing ; Study short writing wherever it finds you ; Read for focus ; Practice reading at a glance ; Follow the work of short writers ; Write in the margins ; Embrace the lyric ; No dumping ; Tap the power of two ; Learn to balance ; Give weight to one side ; Change your pace ; Hit your target ; Count to three ; Inject the juice of parallels ; Tweak the predictable ; Vary hard and soft words ; Join the six-word discipline ; Cut it short ; Add by contraction ; Excerpt-- but in context ; Surprise with brevity -- How to write short with a purpose. Enshrine ; Crack wise ; Sound wise ; Sell ; Entice ; Surprise with content ; Reframe messages as dialogue ; Marry words with pictures ; Summarize and define ; List ; Report and narrate ; Title ; Protect against the misuses of short writing -- A few final words-- 441 to be exact.