- About.com: Freelance Writers
- Advice on Academic Writing
- Association for Documentary Editing
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Electric Eclectic
- First Writer
- Guide to Writing Successful Press Releases
- Internet Writing Journal
- JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
- John Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress
- Letters, Letter-writing and Other Intimate Discourse
- Loft: Minnesota's Literary Center
- Mantex Information Design - Resources for Learning, Writing, and Business
- National Association of Writers in Education
- Nebraska Center for Writers
- Painted Rock Writers and Readers Colony
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
- Press Release Writing
- Psychology with Style
- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
- Society of Authors
- Story in Literary Fiction
- Writers Guild of America
- Writers Write
- Writing Argumentative Essays
- Writing for the Web
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- About.com: Freelance Writers
- Offers original articles and features about technical writing which includes writing computer manuals, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include advice for aspiring technical writers, desktop publishing and translation.
Author: About.com
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Advice on Academic Writing
- 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.
Author: University of Toronto
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Association for Documentary Editing
- 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.
Author: Association for Documentary Editing
DeweyClass: 808.027
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Complements the printed version of the reference publication which makes recommendations on writing style, adhering to publishing guidelines. A question and answer forum provides specific advice on how best to apply aspects of literary convention such as punctuation, capitalisation, and abbreviation.
Author: University of Chicago Press
DeweyClass: 808.027
- Electric Eclectic
- Collection of links for writers, and those interested in words and language. Material can be browsed via an alphabetical list, or by category within the 'collected references' section.
Author: Eccleston, Jim
DeweyClass: 808.02
- First Writer
- Collection of resources for writers, including a listing of small press magazines, a directory of competitions, and writing tips.
Author: Dyson, Paul
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Guide to Writing Successful Press Releases
- 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.
Author: Hansen, Randall S.
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Internet Writing Journal
- Contains articles on improving writing skills, the publishing industry, journalism, screenwriting, business writing, writing markets, Internet writing, and scholarly articles on related topics.
Author: Writers Write
DeweyClass: 808.02
- JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
- The Plagiarism Advisory Service, funded by the JISC, is based in the Information Management Research Institute at Northumbria University. It aims to raise awareness of plagiarism in the academic community by providing generic advice for institutions, academic staff, and students, offering educational tools for students, a portal to external online resources on the issue of plagiarism, and guidance on related copyright and data protection issues. It also provides links to the electronic detection service and training on its use. All reports are available in Microsoft Word and PDF.
Author: Northumbria University
DeweyClass: 808
- John Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress
- Full text of Pilgrims' Progress by John Bunyan (1628-1688), who wrote the novel while imprisoned for preaching non-conformist views about Christianity in the 1600s.
Author: Bunyan, John
DeweyClass: 823.4
- Letters, Letter-writing and Other Intimate Discourse
- 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.
Author: Murdock, Wendy
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Loft: Minnesota's Literary Center
- The mission of The Loft is to foster a writing community, the development of individual writers, and an audience for literature in the Upper Midwest of the US. Includes details of events, classes and workshops, writers' groups, contests, and grants.
Author: University of Minnesota
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Mantex Information Design - Resources for Learning, Writing, and Business
- 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.
Author: Mantex 2000
DeweyClass: 808.4
- National Association of Writers in Education
- NAWE aims to promote and develop the educational ideals of writers and to make the benefits of their work available to a wider audience. Offers a searchable directory of writers in England who work in schools, colleges and the community, and a noticeboard of requests for submissions, conferences, fellowships and courses.
Author: National Association of Writers in Education
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Nebraska Center for Writers
- An online resource for poets and writers, including profiles of contemporary writers and information by and about writers and writing. Includes writers groups online, tools for writers, online literature, publishing opportunities, arts advocacy, links to university creative writing programs, literary agents, and more.
Author: Nebraska Center for Writers
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Painted Rock Writers and Readers Colony
- 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.
Author: Jargon
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
- 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.
Author: Guilford, Chuck
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Press Release Writing
- 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.
Author: Accurate Online Solutions
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Psychology with Style
- A hypertext guide to writing research reports for students and instructors of experimental and research methods courses.
Author: Plonsky, M.
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
- 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.
Author: OWL at Purdue University and Purdue University
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Society of Authors
- Non-profit making organisation that exists to protect the rights and further the interest of authors.
Author: Society of Authors
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Story in Literary Fiction
- Advice for writers of literary fiction, featuring instructional essays, interviews with authors and editors, and suggestions for further reading.
Author: Coles, William H.
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Writers Guild of America
- Organisation representing around 8000 profesional writers. Includes information on the craft of screenwriting, writing in film, radio, television and interactive media, links to research sources on the Internet, reviews of software for writers, and contact details for useful organisations.
Author: Writers Guild of America
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Writers Write
- Includes writers' guidelines, writing and publishing news, message boards, and job listings.
Author: Writers Write
DeweyClass: 808.02
- Writing Argumentative Essays
- Curriculum unit designed to teach students how to write short argumentative essays. Topics include providing support for debatable statements (or premises) and using connectives and paragraphs in a larger argumentative text.
Author: Daly, Bill
DeweyClass: 808
- Writing for the Web
- 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.
Author: Dawson, David; Poole, Nick & Weisen, Marcus
DeweyClass: 808.02
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