For Writing Students
• The Punctuation Guide — An easy to use website that covers punctuation.
• Grammar Girl — A great resource for help with grammar
• Purdue OWL — The premier writing lab on the internet, it is especially good for citations
• UNC Writing Center — A very handy page of writing tips and tools
Research Papers
• Citation Builder at NC State University — one of the best and easiest citation makers around
• Knight Cite — cite just about any resource you can think of
• MLA — the folks who wrote the handbook offer tips
• Taking Notes by Hand is Better for Learning — Paper beats Rock, Scissors, and Computer. This story in Fast Company agrees.
• Evaluating Sources – a checklist and guide to evaluating paper sources
•In-text citations help:
— From Purdue OWL, the basics
•Annotated Bibliography help:
— From Cornell University, a quick set of notes
—Ms. Peer — video help on an A.B. from a (sharp) college student
For Journalism/Com/Media Students
• Mastering Interviews — Tips on interviewing from the Knight Center.
• Interview tips — More interview advice.
• Sports Journalism — A blog/website by the author of a sportswriting textbook.
• Social Media Target Times — Times to post for the broadest audience.
• Movie Reviews — Tips for writing a strong movie review.
• Wall Street Journal “Five Box System” — An effective feature writing structure.
For Creative Writers
• Literary Hub — interesting things related to literature and writing.
• Brevity — a blog of short nonfiction writing.
• Jane Friedman — lots of great writing and submitting tips
• Longform — there is a podcast titled this as well, good info on longform writing.
• Newpages — a database for journals and small publishers.
• The Write Life — a blog with resources and tips.
• Publisher’s Marketplace — what’s happening in the publishing world.
• Helping Writers Become Authors — lots of resources for aspiring and working writers.
• A great piece from Brevity about writing when you can, “Writing in Scraps”
• For poets struggling to find just the right rhyme, try Rhyme Zone
For Readers
• University of Nebraska Press/Potomac Books — my publisher with tons of great titles.
• Atlas Obscura — all kinds of odd ball stuff from around the world.
• 32 Iconic Poems — Key poems
Organizations for Authors & Journalists
•North Carolina Writers Conference — I’m the current secretary/treasurer of this group.
• North Carolina Writers Network — I’ve been a member of this group for years and they have great conferences and networking for writers of all levels.
• North Carolina Literary & Historical Association — This group was formed in 1900 to promote, preserve, and protect the history and literature of North Carolina.
• Association of Writers & Writers Programs — This group supports writers and writers programs across the country.