College Writing Program

Writing Resources

This page offers links to resources that can help writers with a wide range of concerns, from finding interesting topics through revising, editing, and proofreading. These resources will suggest many options for solving writing problems, but it's up to the writer to choose the right approach. That's one reason why reading a handout can never take the place of a consultation with a fellow writer; when you would like help applying the strategies described in these resources, come visit the Writing Fellows or Writing Center.

Prewriting and Planning

• Thought Starters (Purdue), Discovering (POWA), Brainstorming (UT Austin)
• Critical Reading (University of Toronto)
• Organizing (POWA)
• Developing an Outline

Thesis Development and Argumentation

• Argumentative Essays (POWA)
• Thesis/Support Essays (POWA)
• Problem-Posing and Thesis Statements (Temple)

Citation and Use of Sources

• Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
• Citation Styles (University of Illinois)
• Research and Documenting Sources (Purdue)
• Writing and Citing (UR Library)
• Citation in Various Disciplines (Bedford)
• Citation and Style Guide (Concordia)

Revision, Editing, and Proofreading

• Higher-Order and Lower-Order Concerns (Purdue)
• Editing and Proofreading Strategies (Purdue)
• Revising (POWA)
• Editing (POWA)
• Editing Strategies (Temple)

Editing for Style

• Attending to Style (Dartmouth)
• Adding Emphasis (Purdue)
• Sentence Variety (Purdue)
• Conciseness (Purdue)
• Coherence (Purdue)

Grammar and Usage

• Punctuation (Paraskevas)
• Writer's Grammar (Paraskevas)
• Grammar Terms (Paraskevas)
• Strunk's The Element of Style

Writing in the Disciplines

• Writing for Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities (Dartmouth)
• Guides to Writing in the Disciplines (U of Hawaii)
• Writing Biology Laboratory Reports
• Writing History

Writing Personal Statements

• Personal Statement Resources (UT Austin)
• Writing the Graduate School Application
• Writing Applications

Last Modified: Tuesday, 12-Aug-2008 16:04:39 EDT