50 Articles to Improve your Writing

Posted on August 7, 2008 in General Screenwriting | 2 Comments

The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists, but even if you are not a journalist all writers/filmmakers can learn for their site. Here is a list of a 50 articles by Roy Peter Clark from the Poynter site that all writers should all read.

  • Writing Tool #1: Branch to the Right
  • Writing Tool #2: Use Strong Verbs
  • Writing Tool #3: Beware of Adverbs
  • Writing Tool #4: Period As a Stop Sign
  • Writing Tool #5: Observe Word Territory
  • Writing Tool #6: Play with Words
  • Writing Tool #7: Dig for the Concrete and Specific
  • Writing Tool #8: Seek Original Images
  • Writing Tool #9: Prefer Simple to Technical
  • Writing Tool #10: Recognize Your Story’s Roots
  • Writing Tool #11 Back Off or Show Off
  • Writing Tool #12: Control the Pace
  • Writing Tool #13: Show and Tell
  • Writing Tool #14: Interesting Names
  • Writing Tool #15: Reveal Character Traits
  • Writing Tool #16: Odd and Interesting Things
  • Writing Tool #17: The Number of Elements
  • Writing Tool #18: Internal Cliffhangers
  • Writing Tool #19: Tune Your Voice
  • Writing Tool #20: Narrative Opportunities
  • Writing Tool #21: Quotes and Dialogue
  • Writing Tool #22: Get Ready
  • Writing Tool #23: Place Gold Coins Along the Path
  • Writing Tool #24: Name the Big Parts
  • Writing Tool #25: Repeat
  • Writing Tool #26: Fear Not the Long Sentence
  • Writing Tool #27: Riffing for Originality
  • Writing Tool #28: Writing Cinematically
  • Writing Tool #29: Report for Scenes
  • Writing Tool #30: Write Endings to Lock the Box
  • Writing Tool #31: Parallel Lines
  • Writing Tool #32: Let It Flow
  • Writing Tool #33: Rehearsal
  • Writing Tool #34: Cut Big, Then Small
  • Writing Tool #35: Use Punctuation
  • Writing Tool #36: Write A Mission Statement for Your Story
  • Writing Tool #37: Long Projects
  • Writing Tool #38: Polish Your Jewels
  • Writing Tool #39: The Voice of Verbs
  • Writing Tool #40: The Broken Line
  • Writing Tool #41: X-Ray Reading
  • Writing Tool #42: Paragraphs
  • Writing Tool #43: Self-criticism
  • Writing Tool #44: Save String
  • Writing Tool #45: Foreshadow
  • Writing Tool #46: Storytellers, Start Your Engines
  • Writing Tool #47: Collaboration
  • Writing Tool #48: Create An Editing Support Group
  • Writing Tool #49: Learn from Criticism
  • Writing Tool #50: The Writing Process

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