774 - Roy Peter Clark on Civic Clarity

Published: June 4, 2020, 10 p.m.

Roy Peter Clark has been teaching writing at the Poynter Institute since 1977 and regularly offers up some of the best writing advice I see. Today, we talked about\xa0\n\n\tWriting differently during the pandemic\n\tLiving up to your duty as a writer to achieve civic clarity\n\tCreating his new book, "Murder Your Darlings"\n\tLearning that one of his best writing tips (which he shares) is as old as Roman times\n\tBeing a putter-inner instead of a taker-outter\n\nRead the transcript: Roy Peter Clark interview.\nUse the hashtag #WhereIListen to show me where you listen to the Grammar Girl podcast.\nSubscribe to the newsletter\xa0for regular updates.\xa0\nWatch my LinkedIn Learning writing course.\nJoin the conversation on\xa0Facebook\xa0and\xa0Twitter.\nGrammar Pop\xa0iOS game.\n\tPeeve Wars\xa0card game.\nGrammar Girl\xa0books.\nHOST: Mignon Fogarty\n\tVOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)\nGrammar Girl is part of the\xa0Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.\nLinks:\xa0\nhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/\nhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts\nhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe\nhttp://twitter.com/grammargirl\nhttp://facebook.com/grammargirl\nhttp://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl\nhttp://instagram.com/thegrammargirl\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl