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Fifty (50!) Tools which can help you in Writing

Roy Peter Clark from Poynter Institute has posted up 50 tools that can help you when you do any kinds of writing. This is a extensive list of writing tools, but by no mean you need to apply all of them when you do any writing. There are the Writing Tool links:

Links of 50 Writing Tool

  • Writing Tool #1: Branch to the Right
  • Writing Tool #2: Use Strong Verbs
  • Writing Tool #10: Recognize Your Story’s Roots
  • Writing Tool #7: Dig for the Concrete and Specific
  • Writing Tool #5: Observe Word Territory
  • Writing Tool #20: Narrative Opportunities
  • Writing Tool #16: Odd and Interesting Things
  • Writing Tool #13: Show and Tell
  • Writing Tool #33: Rehearsal
  • Writing Tool #25: Repeat
  • Writing Tool #23: Place Gold Coins Along the Path
  • Writing Tool #27: Riffing for Originality
  • Writing Tool #30: Write Endings to Lock the Box
  • Writing Tool #44: Save String
  • Writing Tool #40: The Broken Line
  • Writing Tool #35: Use Punctuation
  • Writing Tool #37: Long Projects
  • Writing Tool #47: Collaboration