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Writing links

      Titles Descriptions
  1. About.com: Freelance Writers
  2. Author Yellow Pages
  3. Bibliography for Rhetoric and Professional Communication
  4. Electric Eclectic
  5. Letters, Letter-writing and Other Intimate Discourse
  6. Literature Resources
  7. Mad Screenwriter
  8. Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
  9. Painted Rock Writers and Readers Colony
  10. Pegasos
  11. Psychology with Style
  12. Text Doctor: Webliography of English and Language Resources
  13. Writers Guild of America
  14. Writers Write
  15. Writing Systems

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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
     Subjects: desktop publishing, writing links
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: forum, index, news
Author Yellow Pages
Directory of online resources associated with authors, browsable and searchable by surname or genre. Includes official and publisher pages, as well as those set up in appreciation by fans.
     Author: Author Yellow Pages
     Subjects: literary studies, writing links
     DeweyClass: 800
     Resource type: index
Bibliography for Rhetoric and Professional Communication
A bibliography of rhetoric resources searchable by selected topics or journals, or alphabetically by author's surname.
     Author: Thune, W Scott
     Subjects: rhetoric, writing links
     DeweyClass: 808
     Resource type: bibliography
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
     Subjects: english language education, writing links
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: index
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
     Subjects: writing links, writing skills
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: index
Literature Resources
Collection of material devoted primarily to English and American literatures, including links to dictionaries, concordances, biographies, journals, style manuals, and full texts of novels, poems, and plays.
     Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Library
     Subjects: american literature - general, english literature collections, writing links
     DeweyClass: 800
     Resource type: index
Mad Screenwriter
Keyword searchable collection of links to resources for writers, actors, and filmmakers. Categories include screenwriting, independent filmmaking, the film and TV industry, and world film.
     Author: Pearson, Laurie
     Subjects: film production, television, writing links
     DeweyClass: 791.4
     Resource type: index
Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
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.
     Author: Harvey, Michael, Washington College, Maryland
     Subjects: english language education, writing links, writing skills
     DeweyClass: 372.623
     Resource type: guide
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
     Subjects: writing links, writing skills
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: index
Pegasos
Author biographies arranged alphabetically by surname, which include a synopsis of their best known works, selected bibliography, and further reading. A separate section on Nordic authors is also available, along with a facility which enables you to check which author shares your birthday.
     Author: Kaupunginkirjasto, Kuusankosken
     Subjects: literary studies, writing links
     DeweyClass: 800
     Resource type: biographies
Psychology with Style
A hypertext guide to writing research reports for students and instructors of experimental and research methods courses.
     Author: Plonsky, M.
     Subjects: research methods, writing links
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: guide
Text Doctor: Webliography of English and Language Resources
Listings of Internet resources for writing and communication such as dictionaries, thesauri, grammar guides and research and reference sites.
     Author: Text Doctor
     Subjects: english language dictionaries, english language education, english language research, writing links
     DeweyClass: 403
     Resource type: dictionary index
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
     Subjects: writing links
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: documents
Writers Write
Includes writers' guidelines, writing and publishing news, message boards, and job listings.
     Author: Writers Write
     Subjects: writing links
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: documents, index
Writing Systems
Provides information and advice about writing systems in general and English spelling and the English writing system in particular.
     Author: Cook, Vivian
     Subjects: writing links, writing skills
     DeweyClass: 411
     Resource type: guide