A Guide for Writing Research Papers includes Q & A format for students' questions about manuscript preparation, references and parenthetical citations.
ABC's of the Writing Process Learn the five basic steps in the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, editing, and publishing. You'll find suggestions for how to complete each step and links for more ideas.
Copyright Basics From the US Copyright Office. An informative guide to basic copyright law, including what copyright is, who can claim it, what works are protected, publication, registration and application.
About.com: Creative Writing for Teens Use the Internet to learn about writing stories and poems, plus read stories and poems written by kids just like you.
Guide to Grammar and Writing Search in this comprehensive grammar and writing guide for help on writing at the sentence, paragraph and essay level.
Literacy Education Online Here you can find information about writing papers for school or business, with step by step help for documents, grammar and style techniques, and useful presentation tips. It even has a special section for English as a second language.
Page One Literary Website An online award-winning newsletter and website for all pageturners and ink scribblers who are in search of useful, informative, resourceful, insightful, intelligent and thought-provoking, literary-versed news, interviews and writing tips.
Personal Historians This page focuses on writing memoirs. With practical tips and useful links for creative non-fiction writers of all ages.
Poets & Writers Poets & Writers Magazine is the leading journal of its kind for creative writers. Along with essays on the literary life and interviews with contemporary writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, the magazine publishes articles with practical applications for both emerging and established writers.
The Diary Project On this site, teens write in a diary format and post for other teens. Find somebody who is going through what you've gone through and give them advice, or get some advice for yourself.
The Write Source Get help with both creative and analytical writing. This site offers help with brainstorming, researching, and publishing.
The Writing Center at Rensselaer A collection of handouts from the writing center, and useful advice on mechanics and style for students.
About.com: Creative Writing for Teens Great source of information on such topics as poetry and prose writing, editing and story development. Interested in getting your work published? Go to Publishing Center Central to find contests, look up information, and read sample work.
Albany Poetry Workshop A free online workshop where you can submit up to three poems a week for editing and critique.
Poets.org and The Academy of American Poets A site for poets and those interested in the poetry publishing world. Get the latest news about published authors, or look up biographies and articles about your favorite authors.
Teen Poems Poems by Teens for Teens. Teenagers experience some of the most difficult issues without having the benefit of experience. Here, teen poets write some of the most intense poetry.
Writing About Poetry If you need help writing an academic paper about poetry, this is the site for you. This site works through each step of a poetry review from your initial impression to the final conclusion.
American Society of Newspaper Editors Provides helpful information on careers in journalism. Search the national newspaper internship guide, or get tips on choosing a school, planning your college career, landing your first job.
JobsPage for High School Journalists A home for high school journalists. Offers a free journalism career guide and provides information on newswriting, interviewing and designing, journalistic jargon, pursuing a journalism career, and journalism scholarships.
JournalistExpress A comprehensive, well-designed site that lists virtually every major newswire, broadcast news outlet, public records database, and journalism review in the country. It also lists non-U.S. publications, from Africa to South America.
Online News Hour Extra A news site designed with teens and sponsered by MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour Productions to keep you up to date with world news. It also has some good community service articles.
Student Media Sourcebook Sponsored by ACP/NSPA. Site provides a searchable database of hundreds of organizations and resources that can help student journalists.
Cinema: How Are Hollywood Films Made? Are you interested in how movies are made? Explore this creative process, from the screenwriter's words to the editor's final cut. Write your own dialogue for a scene or put yourself in a producer's shoes by managing the production of a film.
The Playwrighting Seminars A comprehensive guide to standard methods for playwriting. Information about play content, screenwriting, writing techniques, formatting, business, and more.
Writers Guild of America An 8,000-member union that represents writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, and new technologies (animation, interactive games, etc.) industries. This site contains a wealth of freely viewable articles and tips for the scriptwriters among you.
English Grammar An online guide to English grammar. Search for information on the alphabetical subject index or the table of contents, which includes chapters on adjectives, adverbs, nouns, possessives, determiners, pronouns and verbs.
The American Heritage Book of English Usage A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English: Designed to inform you about current problems in English usage so you can make intelligent decisions when communicating. Includes information on grammar, style and word choice.
Word Central The hot place for cool words! You can use a student dictionary to help you with your homework, build your own dictionary, learn a "daily buzzword" to expand your vocabulary, and more.
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