Guide to Grammar and Style
Advice on grammar and style from Jack Lynch, an English professor at Rutgers University.

WebGrammar
A site devoted to entirely to grammar.

The Elements of Style
Strunk & White's classic. Fear it.

Online English Grammar
A guide that's searchable through a table of contents.

Professor Cohen's 39 Picky Writing Rules
A collection of common mistakes, targeted at essay writers.

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Many answers to questions concerning the rules of grammar
and writing in various levels: sentence, paragraph or essay.

Writing Resources

The African American Online Writers Guild
"Dedicated to providing information, news, resources and support to black writers while promoting the Internet as a tool for research and fellowship among the cultural writing community."

The misc.writing Homepage
"misc.writing is a Usenet newsgroup that provides a forum for discussion of writing in all its forms — scholarly, technical, journalistic, artistic, and mere day-to-day communication. It is a venue for professional writers, would-be professionals and all those who write to communicate."

Poets & Writers Online
The web version of the excellent publication for creative writers, including articles, advice, forums, and contest listings.

Publishers Lunch
Daily news and opinionated editorials on the publishing industry.

Rejection Collection
So you think you're the only one who has piles of rejection letters? Rejection Collection is a place for artists and writers to share their rejections and misery online.

Writer Online
A great site with great personality, complete with advice, conference listings, and a critique service.

Writers Write
"Writers guidelines to online publications, writing and publishing news updated on weekdays, message boards, job listings and more."

 

Copyright Information

Some Observations on Copyright Laws
An essay on copyright issues in the United States.

U.S. Copyright Office
The official site.

Copyright Basics from the American Bar Association
If you can't trust a lawyer, who can you trust?



Software

The Writers Store
Online store where you can choose from an extensive list of screenwriting, story development, and reference software

Novation
Writers' online resource center which features software reviews and shareware.

Screenwright Screenplay Formatter
Formats scripts in WordPerfect. Free to try it out, $60 if you decide to keep it.

Final Draft
The best-selling software for writing scripts of any kind.

Writers' Software Ranked
"A guide to the best writer's software for every kind of writing (from screenwriting and novel writing to resume writing and speech writing and every kind in between)."

DreamPack
Dreampack for Writers is a collection of 57 labor-saving and recreational programs that help writers organize, work, play, learn, and get the most from their PC.

 

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