Roy Peter Clark
Vice President and Senior Scholar, The Poynter Institute, USA
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Roy Peter Clark has taught writing at the Poynter Institute for more than four decades. He is the author of several books on language, writing, and journalism. His most popular is “Writing Tools.” His latest is “Murder Your Darlings: And Other Gentle Writing Advice for Aristotle to Zinsser.” He can be reached at rclark@poynter.org.
My new book “Murder Your Darlings” isn’t a mystery thriller. It is a book about writing books – about 50 of them. Despite their differences, writing guides are consistent on how to make a text...