Make writing better and more interesting by using these resources. Find research tools and a guide to alternative publishing opportunities.
Read tips for writers from science-fiction author Jeffrey A. Carver. Includes tips on publishing and a description of the writing life.
Writing teacher's offering has articles, how-to advice, and a monthly Q&A column for aspiring writers of popular fiction.
Staff of graduate-school students offers helpful advice for fine-tuning thesis and research papers, poetry, and fiction.
Includes a chart for creating characters, author homepages, articles on writing and publishing, links, a message board and a newsletter.
Vocabulary program contains a series of exercises to enhance your composition skills.
Resource center gives authors a directory of links for finding tools for time management and for overcoming writer's block. Learn about starting a career as a novelist.
Writers can search here for free job listings and freelance opportunities. Also offers articles on writing, book reviews and a community forum.
Readers and writers resource focuses on the Victorian period and the historical-romance novel. Read criticism and archived newsletters.
Created for students at the University of North Texas, this forum provides a place for undergraduates to get advice on writing. Check assignments and the chat schedule.
Definition of this writing technique mentions its purpose and provides notable examples from famous authors such as Virginia Woolf.
Multimedia encyclopedia provides a definition of writing that discusses different writing systems and the history of writing.
Interactive writing tutorial walks users through the process of writing a paragraph. Download an evaluation, and subscribe to a newsletter.
Has dozens of helpful handouts on writing topics, including grammar, punctuation, editing, college papers, job searching and business writing.
Writers will be thrilled with this long and varied list of recommended reading about the art and business of writing.
Has solid, basic advice for prose mechanics, punctuation and other style issues. With plenty of examples and bibliography.
Author provides tips for writers such as what to do with electronic rights, how to find an agent and how to research historical fiction.
Has guidelines from various publishers, articles on writing technique, and lists of reference works and organizations for aspiring writers.
Writers can announce a book release or news, visit the marketplace, enter a contest, learn about classes, or get genre-related resources.
Reference for writers offers tips for those just starting out and resources for professionals.
Internet publishing and literary-agent company provides new fiction and nonfiction writers a forum to advertise their work and themselves.
Visit more than 50 writers discussion and critique forums, or check out the writing-related chat rooms.
Provides news and advice on writing and publishing for writers.
Provides a place for writers to post fiction, nonfiction and academic works for possible consideration by publishers and literary agents.
Has links to online university writing centers and other Internet composition resources and projects.
Provides help with skill building and getting started and published. Includes monthly columns by professionals, archived newsletter, and links.
Monthly ezine for writers to help them get their work published in both traditional and emerging media. Has tips, a Q&A and links.
Resource for middle-school students has sections for getting ideas, writing, editing and publishing work. Also has resources for teachers.