A Writer's Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words That Work - Hardcover

Hart, Jack R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375423273 ISBN 13: 9780375423277

Publisher: Pantheon, 2006

Synopsis

Exceptional book offering advice with good humor and great insight.

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Review:

"Wise, practical, and smart, "A Writer's Coach" is an exceptional book, offering advice with good humor and great insight. Jack Hart's approach to the writing process will engage you while you're learning, console you when you're stuck, and, best of all, inspire you to be a better writer."
-Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"
"A landmark book. "A Writer's Coach" gets behind the mystique and shows how the successful writer thinks his or her way through stories. It will remove much of the pain, fear, and confusion from a writer's life. With Jack Hart as your guide, the writing process just makes good sense."
-Jon Franklin, author of "Writing for Story"
"Jack Hart is the nation's finest coaching editor and teacher, and his book towers above others of its kind. A hands-on guide remarkable for its completeness, its clarity, and its passion, "A Writer's Coach" is an instant classic."
-William E. Blundell, author of "The Art and Craft of Feature Writing"
"No newspaper editor in America has done more to inspire good writing than Jack Hart. With this book, his wisdom is now available to writers of all ages."
-Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar, The Poynter Institute, and author of "Writing Tools"
"At last, writers who have not had the opportunity to work with Jack Hart can benefit from his legendary skills as an editor. "A Writer's Coach" will be a godsend for reporters and editors."
-Stuart Warner, writing coach and enterprise editor, "The Plain Dealer"
"No one has a better command of good writing than Jack Hart. He pays attention to the tiniest details as well as the large concepts-and no concept is too big or too complex. His coaching has producedgenerations of fine writers. His book will help generations more."
-Amanda Bennett, editor, "The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"From the Hardcover edition."

" Wise, practical and smart, A Writer's Coach is an exceptional book, offering advice with good humor and great insight." -- Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief,"
" A helpful and informative guide to ' words that work, ' covering such essential writing topics, as clarity, rhythm, mechanics and voice." -- "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer"
" Offers such practical yet inspirational advice that both aspiring and longtime writers in any discipline would benefit from reading his book. . . . Best of all, Hart's writing is a model of the craft he so eloquently dissects." -- "Booklist"
" A hands-on guide remarkable for its completeness, its clarity, and its passion....towers above others of its kind." -- William Blundell, author of "The Art and Craft of Feature Writing"

"Wise, practical and smart, A Writer's Coach is an exceptional book, offering advice with good humor and great insight."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"."A helpful and informative guide to 'words that work, ' covering such essential writing topics, as clarity, rhythm, mechanics and voice."--"The Seattle Post-Intelligencer""Offers such practical yet inspirational advice that both aspiring and longtime writers in any discipline would benefit from reading his book. . . . Best of all, Hart's writing is a model of the craft he so eloquently dissects."--"Booklist""A hands-on guide remarkable for its completeness, its clarity, and its passion....towers above others of its kind."--William Blundell, author of "The Art and Craft of Feature Writing"

Wise, practical and smart, A Writer's Coach is an exceptional book, offering advice with good humor and great insight. Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief." A helpful and informative guide to words that work, covering such essential writing topics, as clarity, rhythm, mechanics and voice. "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer" Offers such practical yet inspirational advice that both aspiring and longtime writers in any discipline would benefit from reading his book. . . . Best of all, Hart's writing is a model of the craft he so eloquently dissects. "Booklist" A hands-on guide remarkable for its completeness, its clarity, and its passion....towers above others of its kind. William Blundell, author of "The Art and Craft of Feature Writing""

Wise, practical and smart, A Writer's Coach is an exceptional book, offering advice with good humor and great insight. Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief. A helpful and informative guide to words that work, covering such essential writing topics, as clarity, rhythm, mechanics and voice. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Offers such practical yet inspirational advice that both aspiring and longtime writers in any discipline would benefit from reading his book. . . . Best of all, Hart's writing is a model of the craft he so eloquently dissects. Booklist A hands-on guide remarkable for its completeness, its clarity, and its passion....towers above others of its kind. William Blundell, author of The Art and Craft of Feature Writing"

About the Author:

Jack Hart is a managing editor and writing coach at The Oregonian. Formerly a professor at the University of Oregon, he has also taught at several other universities, at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and at writers’ conferences throughout the United States. He lives in Portland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0375423273
• ISBN 13: 9780375423277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304