Academic Writing Resources
UNC Writing Center — Their ‘handouts’ offer strong, updated advice for astute reading and writing, categorized and very thorough. (Thanks from NorCal, NorCar!) Here is their excellent ‘handout’ on Annotated Bibliographies: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/annotated-bibliographies/
The OWL: Online Writing Lab at Purdue University — the ‘traditional’, very useful web-based resource for college writing (Thank you, OWL!)
Rhetoric and Composition — an open access, Creative Commons-licensed online writer’s guide (Thank you, Commons!)
They Say / I Say — a key rhetoric/writing text that shows great examples of how to phrase ideas with respect to ongoing public discourse. 4th Edition, with Readings. (Thanks, Graff, Birkenstein & Durst!)
Literature & Creative Writing Resources
Project Gutenberg: TONS of FREE online books, including literary classics
Poets.org: GOBS of poetry, poets’ biographies and critical essays
Poets & Writers: Resources for writers including suggestions on publishing
Short Story ideas: Fun, quick way to get a ‘nudge’ toward dreaming up a story idea
