Wednesday, 3 December, 2008

Art Directories

Writers Resources Sites

 

Script Doctor


A "high recommended" Hollywood script doctor offers a consulting service, ...

Heartland Romance Authors


If you live in the Kansas City, Missouri area and ...

Beverly Lucey: Language Wrangler New Home for Wayward Words


Beverly Carol Lucey has published short fiction in Portland Maine ...

Young Writer


Young Writer magazine, which is a high-quality magazine published in ...

Exploring English


An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style ...

A.Word.ADay


The music and magic of words. This is the website ...

The Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook


An interactive site that uses the writing process to teach ...

Pseudo Dictionary


The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries.

Verbage


If you are looking for just the right word, you ...

The Glossarist


Searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and ...

Plain Language


A guide to help writers avoid confusing language and long-windedness. ...

The Philosophy of Punctuation


Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes.

How to Write an Explication


Step-by-step directions to writing an explication. Good and bad examples ...

Phrases Thesaurus


A resource for writers. Enter a single word and it ...

Word Quests for Word Seekers


Searchable dictionary of word origins, organized in cross-referenced thematic lists ...

Yale Web Style Guide


A manual covering graphic and information design, page layout, graphics, ...

Wordiness


A list of words and phrases to purge from your ...

Garbl's Editorial Style Manual


Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, ...

World Wide Words


Michael Quinion writes about International English from a British viewpoint. ...

SecretariesUSA.com


Reference for the home and corporate office, including capitalization, punctuation, ...

Findaphrase.com


Free phrase database to help journalists, copywriters and content editors ...

Einfoweb: Punctuation and Grammar


Help on punctuation and another page on grammar.

Wordelizer


Delve deeply into a word or subject. Quick search of ...

The Visual Thesaurus


An exploration of sense relationships within the English language. By ...

Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature


Bimonthly publication, SPELL/Binder, contains articles on grammar, usage, word origins, ...

Writer's Dreamtools


A series of useful tools to enhance writers' and students' ...

Ewriting


Easy to learn electronic writing style that will speed up ...

Correct Punctuation


A brief guide to correct English punctuation.

The Well Bred Sentence


This book offers an intensive course in sentence construction and ...

Braintique: The Natural Way to Write


A process and system for helping people become better writers. ...

Ralph's Manual of Style


A guide to style, grammar, usage, and more by a ...

Lingo Factory


A cooperative effort to coin useable terms and then trick ...

Tribe: Words of Power


For people who love words, use them, feel them in ...

Tribe: Word Freaks


Group for people who love discussing words and writing style.

Tribe: Linguistics


Group for discussions of words and language.

Word Rogues


Tips on writing, English, and grammar. This site also includes ...

The Word Nerds


A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say ...

Richard Lederer's Verbivore


Linguistic fun from, Richard Lederer, the best-selling author of The ...

Just Language


A casual and contemporary look at how we humans communicate ...

Guide to Grammar and Writing


Contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, ...