{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgrammar-girl.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F774-roy-peter-clark-on-civic-clarity-PX7_bOVx","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"774 - Roy Peter Clark on Civic Clarity","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/31ec581a-6270-41c5-bb01-a11a313c08ed/1221056d-c28e-4799-bf57-fd1b58014247/grammar_girlfinal_2026_3.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"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 \r\n\r\n\tWriting differently during the pandemic\r\n\tLiving up to your duty as a writer to achieve civic clarity\r\n\tCreating his new book, \"Murder Your Darlings\"\r\n\tLearning that one of his best writing tips (which he shares) is as old as Roman times\r\n\tBeing a putter-inner instead of a taker-outter\r\n\r\nRead the transcript: Roy Peter Clark interview.\r\nUse the hashtag #WhereIListen to show me where you listen to the Grammar Girl podcast.\r\nSubscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. \r\nWatch my LinkedIn Learning writing course.\r\nJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.\r\nGrammar Pop iOS game.\r\n\tPeeve Wars card game.\r\nGrammar Girl books.\r\nHOST: Mignon Fogarty\r\n\tVOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)\r\nGrammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.\r\nLinks: \r\nhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/\r\nhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts\r\nhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe\r\nhttp://twitter.com/grammargirl\r\nhttp://facebook.com/grammargirl\r\nhttp://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl\r\nhttp://instagram.com/thegrammargirl\r\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl\r"}