Writing Subject Guide

General | Business Writing | Children's Writing | Copy Editing | Creative Writing | Electronic Writing | Grammar Resources | Journalism | Mass Media Writing | Public Relations and Promotion Writing | Scientific and Technical Writing | Speech Writers | Style Manuals | Writers' Organizations

General

• Book Arts Web
• Dictionary.com
  Searchable English language dictionaries.
• Editor and Publisher Interactive
• Freelance Writing Primer/FAQ
• Indispensable Writing Resources (Stetson University)
  Includes writing and style as well as writing related web links.
• Kairos: a Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environment
• Literary Agent.com
  Largest list of literary agents on the web.
• Media Finder
  Useful when searching for an audience for your writing or ad.
• Novice Writer's Rest Stop
• Online Writer's Reference Library
• Online Writery (University of Missouri)
  Good resource for beginning writers.
• Online Writing Centers and Other Resources (Rensselaer)
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  Online writer's guide and handbook.
• Phrase Finder
  Large collection of phrases in English; a thesaurus for phrases.
• Plagiarism  and Plagiarism
• Poets and Writers Online
  Names and addresses of successful writers, articles on writing and publishing, online conferences and literary programs.
• Publishing
• Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Resources for Writers By Topic (Purdue University)
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
• RhetNet: a Cyberjournal for Rhetoric and Writing (University of Missouri)
• University of Victoria's Hypertext Writer's Guide
• Vandegrift's Writing Resources (Rutgers)
• Write Market Webzine
• The Write Page
• Writer's BBS
• Writer's Digest
  How to get published, access to editors, speech writing tips, comedy writing, etc.
• Writer's Free Reference: a List of Free Reference Sites Useful to Writers
• Writer's Markets
• Writers Net: Internet Directory for Writers, Editors, Publishers and Agents
• Writer's Toolbox: Internet Resources for Writers
  Reference tools, fiction, drama, technical writing, public relations writing, journalism, mass media, and business writing.
• Writers' Guidelines Database
  Guide to paying, nonfiction publications online.
• Writers' Resources on the Web: Inkspot: The World Wide Web Virtual Library
  Information on various genres: business, children's horror, journalism, mystery, poetry, romance, screen/playwriting, science fiction and fantasy, and scientific and technical.
• Writer's Toolbox: Internet Resources for Writers
• Writers' Workshop (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
  Includes a grammar handbook, writing tips and techniques, resources for writing teachers, critiques advice, bibliographic styles, and additional links.
• Writer's Write
  Online publication with submission guidelines, news, job board, chat, writers' groups, etc.

• Business and Technical Communication (Ohio State University)

          Children's Writing

• Basics of Children's Writing and Illustrating
• Children's Book Council: Authors and Illustrators Page
• Children's Literature Web Guide (University of Calgary)
• Write4kids.com: the Children's Writing Supersite 

Copy Editing

• Editor's Pen: Connecting Sites for and About Writers, Editors, and Indexers.
• Web Sites Related to Editing
  

  Creative Writing

• Bookbug on the Web
  Romance writing resources.
  
• Books and Writing Online
  Information on books and writing, including reviews, stories, publishers, collaborative writing efforts.
  
• Creative Nonfiction: a Journal Devoted Exclusively to Creative Nonfiction, Including Essays, Profiles, and Reviews (Goucher College)
• Dark Echo: Horror
• Electronic Poetry Center (SUNY, Buffalo)
• Fiction Writing
  General fiction and genre writing such as science fiction, horrors, mystery, and children's writing.
• Fiction Writing Course (Writer's Village University)
• For Writers Only
  For writers of science fiction and fantasy.
• The Human Condition
  Motivation to form characters and plot, theories from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and theology that affect behavior.
• Judith Kelman's Writer's Room
  Mystery writer offers advice for aspiring authors.
• Mystery Connection
• Mystery On-Line
• Novel Advice: A Cyber-Journal for Writers
• New Dramatists Home Page
• Playwriting Seminars
• Poetry Writing Tips
• Romance Fiction
• Science and Science Fiction: An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe
• Screenwriters Online
• windScript (Online)
• Word On Fiction
  A magazine to help fiction writers fill in the blank page.
• Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource

  Electronic Writing

• Online Book Promotion

  Grammar Resources

• Grammar and Style Notes
• Guide to Grammar and Style (Rutgers University)
• Guide to Grammar and Writing

Journalism

• Columbia Journalism Review Home Page
• National Conference of Editorial Writers (NCEW Online)
• Reporters Network: Site for Freelance Writers and Reporters
• U. S. All Media Jumpstation
  Ten commandments for sending email to the media for download.

          Mass Media Writing

• Craft of Screen Writing
• Hollywood Net
• Online Communicator
  Writing for film, video, audio, and interactive multimedia.
• Pro-Screenwriter: Screenwriting Advice and Resource Directory for Professional Screenwriters and Producers Looking for Screenwriters and Screenplays.
• Sitcom! Net
  Writing television comedy.
• TV Writer Home Page
• Visual Writer
  Resources in various disciplines, but emphasis is on movie screenwriting.
• Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies Page (UCSB)
  Study of journalism, TV, film, music, radio, comics, etc.
• Writing for Radio
• Write News
  Latest news in the publishing and writing worlds with links to newspapers online.
  

  Public Relations and Promotion Writing

• Internet News Bureau: Press Release Services for Business and Journalists
• PR in Cyberspace
• PR Web

  Scientific and Technical Writing

• Masterpiece Media
  Information clearinghouses for technical writing.
• Science Writing Aids (Indiana University)
• Technical Writing

• Elements of Style
• Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Styles Recommended by the American Psychological Association (Capital Community College)
• Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation (Capital Community College)

Writers' Organizations

• The Academy of American Poets
• American Booksellers Association
• American Screenwriters Association
• American Society of Journalists and Authors
• Appalachian Authors Guild
• Associated Writing Programs: Services for Writers and Teachers
• Conference on College Composition and Communication Online (University of Missouri)
• Horror Writers Association
• Mystery Writers' Network
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Writers Union: Trade Union for Freelance Writers in U. S. Markets
• Romance Writers of America
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
• Script Registration Service (Writers Guild of America)
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• Self Employed Writers and Artists Network
• Western Writers of America
• Writers Guild of America
  Tools of the writing trade for screenwriters and for the general public.