We all have a skill for writing. This is a skill, something we learn, some of us are naturally great at this *cough* Shakespeare *cough*. Now what if we were all given a tool. 50 tools that would increase any writer's skills to up and beyond their natural skills. Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark is a easy way to learn how to improve your writing. How to use effective tools in your writing to give you a stronger presentation. A way to captivate all of your readers, from the first word in the paragraph to the period at the end.
Tally Youngblood lives in the world of perfection or at least that's what the government makes her believe. At the age of 16 you get a surgery that makes you pretty. Model pretty. Seems fair right? You spend 16 years being "ugly" then you turn pretty. When Tally makes a new friend, Shay, and things don't go according to plan. As an ugly Shay and Tally pull tricks on everyone in Uglyville. When Shay tells Tally she's running away to a place called "Smoke" and that she wants Tally to go with her, Tally refuses. On the day of Tally's surgery, Tally is told the only way she's going to be pretty is if she goes to Smoke and gives away the secret location. When Tally finds Smoke she realizes that it isn't as bad as she thought. Then she realizes how bad the government in the city is, she doesn't want to go back. What will Tally do? How will Tally handle her situation? What would you do to be pre...
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