Writing skills and W Guide - Resources and Review

A set of annotated links to literary resources including author pages, book reviews, mailing lists and writing classes. The 'Libraries' section provides information on research, publishing and learning HTML.
 
Contains articles on improving writing skills, the publishing industry, journalism, screenwriting, business writing, writing markets, Internet writing, and scholarly articles on related topics.
 
A guide aiming to enhance the students' skill of essay and report writing. Covers issues including writing style, structure, the use of evidence, and paper mechanics. Students and educators can access sections, such as those dealing with the use of the historical present, finding a voice, rhetoric, the use of quotations, plagiarism, nominalisations and common errors. Numerous examples are deployed throughout to illustrate the rights and wrongs of proficient academic discourse.
 
Guidelines on the use of grammar at sentence, paragraph, and essay level. Contains sections on sentence parts and word functions, articles and determiners, position of modifiers, abbreviations, sentence variety, coherence and transitions, and paragraph development. Features principles of composition, PDF sample letters, memos, minutes and agendas, and a selection of PowerPoint presentations related to grammar and writing. Also provides a hyperlinked index of topics, interactive quizzes, and logs of answers to user enquiries.
 
Information about using the Internet in the writing process, including Internet dialogues, researching using the Net and web authoring.
 
Tips on writing assignments from instructors at the University of Toronto. Topics range from general skills to specific writing formats and guides for non
native English speakers.
 
Free tools, tips, and tricks of the trade for working writers, with numerous useful links to online writing tools.
 
Offers best practice guidelines for writing about online collections, highlighting fundamental differences between Web and print media. Includes sections on audience accessibility, assessing readability, writing for disabled people, and captioning images.
 
Reference manual for chemistry students, with suggestions for writing lab notes, lectures, short reports, full research reports, and oral presentations. Also offers advice on searching databases and online facilities such as BIDS, Chemical Abstracts, and the Internet.
 
List of links to resources concerned with the epistolary tradition, including Jane Austen's views on letter writing, fictitious letters by Mark Twain, Einstein's letters to F D Roosevelt, letters from war fronts, and a selection of love letters.
 
The Online Writing Lab is designed to offer distance learning for the Purdue community as well as other Internet users. The primary goal is to help writers improve their writing skills by offering a variety of online services and materials.
 
Aims to aid writers by concentrating on helping students conceive a writing product, rather than giving detailed instructions on grammar and style. Includes information on organising, revising and editing work and writing various types of essay. Sections are accompanied by activities which incorporate the concepts.
 
Offers guidelines on the composition of press releases covering essential tips such as ensuring a piece is newsworthy, and sticking to facts, together with details of basic elements defined as headline, dateline, leading paragraph, and recap. Also features formatting suggestions, and an example of a standard template.
 
Reference publication presenting a series of rules to be followed when using various punctuation marks. Also explains when and how to use subjects and verbs, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, and outlines specific usage problems such as effect vs. affect.
 
A collection of annotated links to UK film and screenwriting resources. Includes access to a forum for discussion with screenwriters.
 
Focusing on the promotion of Web pages, this resource provides guidance on how to create effective press releases. Explains how to structure a media release and what to include in the headline, the opening and closing paragraphs, and the main body, with illustrative examples.
 
Collection of resources for writers, including a listing of small press magazines, a directory of competitions, and writing tips.
 
Computer program to automatically generate a plausible letter of complaint about any individual nominated by the user.
 
US organisation established to encourage good practice in documentary editing by promoting cooperation and information exchange among editors. Responsible for setting standards regarding documentary editions, the group provides access to a range of projects, a quarterly publication entitled Documentary Editing, and news, events, and meetings of the group.
 
Set of student guidance notes available in Word and HTML covering Essay Planning, How to use Quotations, Essay Instruction Terms, Graphic Presentation, Academic Writing Skills, Referencing Electronic Sources, Taking Notes, Page Layout, Essay Presentation, Use of English, Use of Apostrophes, Document Design, and How to Fail your Dissertation.
 
Discusses and updates the paper style manual, Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age, which provides advice on writing fluently and colloquially about the electronic world. Tackles the meaning and usage of buzzwords and acronyms, the origins of technical terms and differences between commonly confused words, and provides a forum for debate about the book's content.
 
Full text of William Strunk's 1918 reference work. Sets out the elementary rules of English usage and principles of composition. Also looks at words and expressions which are commonly misused.
 
Guide for engineers, researchers, and scientists explaining the basics of writing technical reports which are accurate and easy to read. Each stage of report writing is discussed, from preparation, style, and composing introductions to describing experiments, results, and compiling references.
 
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