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Roy Peter Clark

@RoyPeterClark

Teach writing at Poynter. Author: Writing Tools, Glamour of Grammar, Help! For Writers, How to Write Short, Art of X-Ray Reading, Murder Your Darlings. Rocker!

St. Petersburg, Florida Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Roy Peter Clark
Roy Peter Clark@RoyPeterClark·
My column today about two Republican presidents, two female reporters, two nicknames, and two competing expressions of presidential character. Let the sun shine in. poynter.org/commentary/202…
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Roy Peter Clark@RoyPeterClark·
I have coached writers to find objects with stories hiding inside. But what if I told you that there is a secret history hiding inside a single punctuation mark -- a period, a dot, a full stop -- planted after a single name? If you doubt, check it out! poynter.org/commentary/202…
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Jeff Butera@BayNews9Jeff·
@RoyPeterClark Thank you for this. It will fall on deaf ears. Society has been taught to hate the profession. But the portrayal of a lynch mob of reporters going after clear victims is Hollywood nonsense.
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Roy Peter Clark@RoyPeterClark·
When I graduated from Providence College in 1970, those rhyming initials -- PC -- did not yet refer to Personal Computers or to Political Correctness. My brother Vincent Paul Clark graduated from the college, as did I, Roy Peter Clark. So we both have PC in initials: VPC, RPC.
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@ProvidenceCol @mallarytenore @RoyPeterClark Oh, I thought "PC Magazine" was something else... @PCMag ...even though Providence College was founded in 1917.

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Providence College
Providence College@ProvidenceCol·
✍️ Getting ready to write your college essay? America's writing coach @RoyPeterClark ’70, ’17Hon. shares tips for making it stand out. Watch the full video and visit us for Fall Open House on Saturday, Oct. 18, before the Nov. 1 admission deadline: #roy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">admission.providence.edu/apply/review-p…
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Roy Peter Clark@RoyPeterClark·
1,000 high school students showed up last week for a literary festival in Tampa. In support of my latest book, I conducted workshops on the craft of writing the college admissions essay. Creative kids taught me a lot. facebook.com/roypeter.clark…
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Tom Corfman
Tom Corfman@TomCorfman·
"You can clip newspaper stories and photos into work that lingers on the door of your refrigerator.," @RoyPeterClark writes. "(Try sticking your phone on the refrigerator door.)" poynter.org/commentary/202…
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Roy Peter Clark@RoyPeterClark·
This year, @Poynter established prize under my name for great short writing. First winner was Maggie Prosser @dallasnews. Here is her great story with my analysis, and comments from writer and editor. For use in your workplace, newsroom or classroom. poynter.org/reporting-edit…
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