Writing Tips: Advice from One Writer to Another
Professional writers have much to tell us about the writing process, from overcoming writer's block to revising and editing. Let's see what advice we can pick up from the pros.
Ten Quick Tips to Improve Your Writing
Whether we're composing a blog or a business letter, an email or an essay, our goal should be to respond clearly and directly to the needs and interests of our readers. These ten tips should help us to improve our writing whenever we set out to inform or persuade.
Whether we're composing a blog or a business letter, an email or an essay, our goal should be to respond clearly and directly to the needs and interests of our readers. These ten tips should help us to improve our writing whenever we set out to inform or persuade.
Seven Secrets to Success in English 101
Welcome to English 101--sometimes called freshman English or college composition. It should be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding courses in your college life. But to succeed in anything, it helps to be prepared. So, as an old college English instructor, I'm going to let you in on seven secrets to success.
Welcome to English 101--sometimes called freshman English or college composition. It should be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding courses in your college life. But to succeed in anything, it helps to be prepared. So, as an old college English instructor, I'm going to let you in on seven secrets to success.
The Characteristics of Good Writing
Good writing is much more than just correct writing: it is writing that responds directly to the interests and needs of our readers.
Good writing is much more than just correct writing: it is writing that responds directly to the interests and needs of our readers.
Ten Principles of Effective Writing
In his book "Style," F.L. Lucas offered the following basic principles to "shorten that painful process" of learning how to write better.
In his book "Style," F.L. Lucas offered the following basic principles to "shorten that painful process" of learning how to write better.
Top Ten Editing Tips for Business Writers
You can make your working life a little easier by editing your writing with these principles in mind: be clear, concise, considerate, and correct. Here are ten quick editing tips for on-the-job writers.
You can make your working life a little easier by editing your writing with these principles in mind: be clear, concise, considerate, and correct. Here are ten quick editing tips for on-the-job writers.
Top Ten Proofreading Tips
Hear what Mark Twain had to say on the subject of proofreading, and then consider our ten tips for proofreading effectively.
Hear what Mark Twain had to say on the subject of proofreading, and then consider our ten tips for proofreading effectively.
Phony Rules of Writing
Behind each one of these phony rules of writing lies a good idea, but there are also good reasons why these so-called rules should sometimes be broken.
Behind each one of these phony rules of writing lies a good idea, but there are also good reasons why these so-called rules should sometimes be broken.
How to Write Good by William Safire
Language maven William Safire's best known column included these 17 fumblerules--"mistakes that call attention to the rule."
Language maven William Safire's best known column included these 17 fumblerules--"mistakes that call attention to the rule."
Getting Started with Freewriting
Freewriting is a useful strategy to help you overcome writer's block and get started on any writing project.
Freewriting is a useful strategy to help you overcome writer's block and get started on any writing project.
Getting Started with Brainstorming
Brainstorming is a group project that's especially useful for generating, focusing, and organizing ideas for an essay or a report.
Brainstorming is a group project that's especially useful for generating, focusing, and organizing ideas for an essay or a report.
Compose a Letter of Complaint
Here's a project that will introduce you to brainstorming and give you practice in group writing. You will join with three or four other writers to compose a letter of complaint.
Here's a project that will introduce you to brainstorming and give you practice in group writing. You will join with three or four other writers to compose a letter of complaint.