America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and
practical guide to effective short-form writing.
In How to Write Short, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art
of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of
writing have always existed-from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and
haikus. But in this ever-changing Internet age, short-form writing has
become an essential skill.
Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines,
essays, sales pitches, Tweets, letters, and even self-descriptions for
online dating services. With examples from the long tradition of
short-form writing in Western culture, How to Write Short guides
writers to crafting brilliant prose, even in 140 characters.