<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Clark, Roy Peter,]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Clark, Roy Peter,]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/tacoma/rss/search?query=Clark%2C%20Roy%20Peter%2C&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:46:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Murder your Darlings]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Murder Your Darlings, Roy Peter Clark, who has been a beloved and revered writing teacher to children and Pulitzer Prize winners alike for more than thirty years, has compiled a remarkable collection of more than 100 of the best writing tips from fifty of the best writing books of all time. With a chapter devoted to each key strategy, Clark expands and contextualizes the original author's suggestions and offers anecdotes about how each one helped him or other writers sharpen their skills. An invaluable resource for writers of all kinds, Murder Your Darlings is an inspiring and edifying ode to the craft of writing.]]></description><link>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1664339</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1664339</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clark, Roy Peter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1664339102</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>And Other Gentle Writing Advice From Aristotle to Zinsser</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316481885/MC.GIF&amp;client=tacomapublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1135800570</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Write Short]]></title><description><![CDATA[Short forms of writing have always existed--from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing digital age, short form writing has become an essential skill. Whether the writing is formal or informal, Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines, essays, sales pitches, Tweets, letters, and much more.]]></description><link>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1473433</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1473433</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clark, Roy Peter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1473433102</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Word Craft for Fast Times</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316204354/MC.GIF&amp;client=tacomapublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=ocn814301789</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell It Like It Is]]></title><description><![CDATA["In Tell It Like It Is, bestselling author, writing coach, and teacher Roy Peter Clark offers a succinct and practical guide to writing with clarity, honesty, and conviction. By analyzing stellar writing samples from a diverse collection of public writers, Clark highlights and explains the tools journalists, scientists, economists, fact-checkers, even storytellers use to engage, inform, and hook readers, and how best to deploy them in a variety of contexts"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1931579</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1931579</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clark, Roy Peter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1931579102</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Guide to Clear and Honest Writing</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316317139/MC.GIF&amp;client=tacomapublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1375008979</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of X-ray Reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In THE ART OF X-RAY READING, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, from the Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest Eye, and many more. Along the way, he shows you how to mine these masterpieces for invaluable writing strategies that you can add to your arsenal and apply in your own writing. Once you've experienced X-ray reading, your writing will never be the same again. --Publisher.]]></description><link>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1551073</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S102C1551073</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clark, Roy Peter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1551073102</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve your Writing</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316282178/MC.GIF&amp;client=tacomapublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=ocn908628724</image_url></item></channel></rss>