{"product_id":"tell-it-like-it-is-by-roy-peter-clark-9780316317139","title":"Tell It Like It Is","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe darker and more dystopian the future appears, the more influential public writers become. But with so much content vying for our attention, and so much misinformation and propaganda polluting public discourse, how can writers break through the noise to inform an increasingly busy, stressed, and overwhelmed audience?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTell It Like It Is\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author, writing coach, and teacher Roy Peter Clark offers a succinct and practical guide to writing with clarity, honesty, and conviction. By analysing stellar writing samples from a diverse collection of public writers, Clark highlights and explains the tools journalists, scientists, economists, fact-checkers, and even storytellers use to engage, inform, and hook readers, and how best to deploy them in a variety of contexts. In doing so, he provides answers to some of the most pressing questions facing writers today:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow do I make hard facts—about pandemics, wars, natural disasters, social justice—easy reading?\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow do I get readers to pay attention to what they need to know?\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow do I help contribute to a culture of writing that combats misinformation and propaganda?\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow do I instil hope into the hearts and minds of readers?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith Clark's trademark wit, insight, and compassion, \u003ci\u003eTell It Like It Is\u003c\/i\u003e offers a uniquely practical and engaging guide to public writing in unprecedented times—and an urgently needed remedy for a dangerously confused world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455747211500,"sku":"9780316317139","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71hrkQP-_rL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774795879","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/tell-it-like-it-is-by-roy-peter-clark-9780316317139","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}