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George Polti's analysis of plot will fire the imagination.

36 Dramatic Situations

 

Help for bad spellers with good suggestions for misspelled words

Aspell Spell Helper

 

Another guide to grammar and word usage

Armchair Grammarian

 

From Lake Superior State University

Banished Words List :: Complete List

 

Inquiries missed in the latest edition are addressed here.

Chicago Manual of Style - Q&A

 

Citation Styles--Wittenberg

 

Common Errors in English

 

NewNewsroom 101: Exercises in Grammar, Usage and Associated Press Style

 

One of my favorite authors

Everything you Need to Know About Writing Sucessfully: in Ten Minutes (Stephen King)

 

From the Agent Query website

Fiction Genre Descriptions for Writers

 

NewA Glossary of Literary Terms

 

Grammar & Style: Grammar Guides, Style Guides, APA, MLA - LibrarySpot.com

 

Grammar Tutorials - framed version

 

Scroll past the synopsis portion to find out...

HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER

 

Holt Uncensored--Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See

 

HyperGrammar

 

If you find you're spelling-challenged, download this handy bit of software and spell check every post you make to a forum, even whole websites just for fun.

ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer

 

From the Internet Public Library

IPL--Basic plots in Literature

 

Editing and proofreading help is here

LEO Editing & Proofreading Strategies

 

Lynch, Guide to Grammar and Style

 

Double check yourself

Kim Blank'sWordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness List

 

Manuscript Formatting for Beginners

 

Paisley Currah's Writing Guide

 

Poynter Online - Thirty Tools for Writers

 

Practical Tips for Online Authors

 

"A collection of all of someone's ideas of what word follows which."

Prepositions

 

Hey, who can't use a little help now and again

Punctuation

 

Self-Editing Checklist

 

Here is one of the most highly entertaining sites dealing with romance writing I have ever chanced across.  Adult material.

Sex in the Romance

 

SPACING AFTER A PERIOD

 

Teresa Nielsen Hayden dispenses a few pointers on plotting in this excerpt from her lecture, Stupid Plotting Tricks.   

Stupid Plot Tricks

 

Instructional series

The Elements of Good Storytelling

 

The Guide to Grammar and Writing

 

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

 

Look up grammar and other writing tips

The Tips-O-Matic - WritingDEN

 

Idea generating exercise

The Writer's Hat

 

Top Tips to Writing Success

 

Includes actual examples for both short stories and novel submissions

William Shunn - Proper Manuscript Format

 

Just as the title implies, don't fall into them

Word Traps

 

This great site covers English from the British point of view.

World Wide Words

 

Write Directions How-to writing articles plus free newsletter, writing tips, resources, publishing tips.

 

More from Crawford Kilian

Writing Fiction

 

What's your Point of View?  Here's a handy chart to help you sort it out. 

Writing Gym! POV chart

 

A place to start when you need to write one.  Scroll down the page to the 11 tips that follow.

Writing Tips - The Cover Letter

 

Writers' Workshop Grammar Handbook

 

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