You're about to hear part of my interview with master writing teacher Roy Peter Clark,

but we actually talked for more than an hour.

If you'd like to hear the whole unedited interview, you can find it on my YouTube channel

at youtube.com slash grammar girl.

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Here I'm in your infogurty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English

language.

We talk about writing, history, roles, and other cool stuff.

And today we have all of that because we have Roy Peter Clark in the house.

He has a new book out.

Roy is the vice president and senior scholar at the Pointer Institute, a well-known school

for journalists, where he has also taught writing for more than 30 years.

Some people call him America's writing coach because organizations hire him to help their

writers actually improve their writing.

He's also the author of a slew of books, including the glamour of grammar, how to write short,

yay, writing tools.

And he has a new book out now called Tell It Like It Is, a guide to clear and honest writing,

which we're going to talk about today.

Welcome Roy.

And the honest, such an honor to be with the most glamorous grammarian in American history.

So cheers to you and all the work that you've done to help demystify something that so

many people are afraid of.

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