Links for Writers

 

Important Links from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

    

  The Writing Process

Select the topic you need from the four major headings: Planning/Starting to Write, Effective Writing, Revising/Editing/Proofreading, and Types/Genres of Writing.

 

The entry on Writing about Fiction, under Types/Genres of Writing, is especially useful for English classes.

 

  MLA Format

All of the documentation guidelines you need.  See especially “Your Works Cited List” and “Handling Quotations in Your Text.”

 

       Searching the World Wide Web

          A guide to getting the most out of the tangled Web.

 

            Hypertext Workshops

Select from several on-line writing workshops, including Employment Workshops (how to write resumes) and Research Workshops (how to write research papers).

 

            Professional Writing

               Detailed resources page for business, technical, and professional writing.

 

       Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation

          Stuff you should know.

    

       English as a Second Language (ESL)

               Detailed resource pages and grammar exercises.