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RoyPeterClark

  1. Time to save the noble headline. Replace the hegemony of SEO with SVO: Subject, Verb, Object. about 9 hours ago via web
  2. Emily Dickinson and J.D. Salinger were famous reclusive writers, but they had something else in common: a... fb.me/23zkMrGcF 7:51 AM May 31st via Facebook
  3. What have I in common with Alcott, Dickinson, Salinger, and Waugh? The honor of being published by Little, Brown. Happy 175th anniversary! 7:43 AM May 31st via web
  4. Are you a crazy writer -- or just crazy? Let's chat about our eccentric writerly habits tinyurl.com/ccrgxd6 Do our quirks help or hurt? 7:39 AM May 31st via web
  5. Time to replace high-stakes state writing tests with methods that work. Trust teachers again -- and help them. tinyurl.com/7sebr3s 5:50 AM May 29th via web
  6. Can't tell the difference between Noah's Ark and a Narrative Arc, join us today for an online chat and story talk bit.ly/KvWnvR 7:52 AM May 17th via web
  7. Headed for DC this weekend to hook up with some of Wash Post's best writers. Join us Saturday... fb.me/LZTia86M 11:02 AM May 8th via Facebook
  8. Saturday in DC: David Maraniss, Sally Jenkins, Donna Britt, Dana Milbank, and yours truly. tinyurl.com/cxq293z A great day for writers. 10:55 AM May 8th via web
  9. Still seats available for day of Poynter writing workshops at Wash Post Saturday. tinyurl.com/cxq293z All-star lineup of Post scribes. 10:51 AM May 8th via web
  10. Call it irony, or paradox, or even news (man bites dog), but unless there is some friction in writing there is no spark, no fire, no light. 6:57 AM May 7th via web
  11. Reading poetry again. Fun to have Emily Dickinson as a guide for my book "How To Write Short." bit.ly/K1LfEJ fb.me/1ucOdnuQX 11:27 AM May 2nd via Facebook
  12. Find myself with a case of the hots for Emily Dickinson. bit.ly/K1LfEJ What's next, a prom date with Sylvia Plath? 11:18 AM May 2nd via web
  • Name Roy Peter Clark
  • Location St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Web http://poynter.org
  • Bio Teaches writing at Poynter. Author of Writing Tools, Glamour of Grammar, and Help! For Writers. Garage band hero.
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