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BETTER WRITING - The best online resources to help you improve your writing skills
Writers Beat is a very active and growing community of writers. This site is a great resource for seasoned and beginning writers. Join in the discussion, participate in their contests, and help your fellow writers with feedback, suggestions and support.
Favorites on WritersBeat --> Fiction Writing Writers Club Monthly Contests
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Brady Magazine - Putting Writers on the Map
Brady Magazine is an online writer's trade directory dedicated to putting writers on the map. They also provide a lengthy list of services to personally help writers succeed.
Favorites on Brady Magazine --> Writing Contests Fiction Workshop Non-Fiction Workshop
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OWL - Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)
This writing resource has been growing since 1995 when they started OWL - it is packed with great stuff! Most of this is geared toward college level non-fiction, however a lot of the general advice can be applied to any type of writing. Using the navigation on the right-hand side of the page you can quickly get to detailed expert advice walking you through the entire writing process.
Other OWL resources we love --> WRITER'S BLOCK SYMPTOMS & CURES COMMAS PRONOUNS
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Be a Better Writer - 60 WRITING TIPS (BeAWriter.US)
Here's the website that will help you take your writing to the next level. 60 writing tips, 43 writing activities, and a growing archive of in-depth writing techniques. Everything on this site is approachable for young writers who will appreciate the casual nature of this research-proven writing advice.
More cool stuff on BeAWriter --> 43 WRITING ACTIVITIES FREE CHAPTER DOWNLOADS MS. MARGOT
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Writing Skills (Awesome Library)
This is a strong resource for young writers and one of the few on the web that is honestly for YOUNG writers. Scroll down to get to the good stuff. You'll find a number of spell checkers and direct access to solid resources for editing, essays, and style. Parents and teachers will also appreciate the detailed 'Projects' and 'Worksheet' sections.
More quality writing resources at Awesome Library --> CREATIVE WRITING ESSAYS GRAMMAR
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A Plus Research & Writing (TeenSpace)
TeenSpace at Internet Public Library [www.ipl.org] has put together a very effective step-by-step, 6-part approach to writing a research paper. From "Getting Started" to "Writing the Paper" this site is a good resource for high school and college students tasked with writing a research paper. Includes great advice on organizing, researching, citing, and writing your research paper.
More research paper help at TeenSpace --> TIPS FOR THE PANIC-STRICKEN RESEARCH
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50 Writing Tools (Poynter Online)
A remarkable resource that was (apparently) 50 weeks in the making. This list of 50 writing tools covers just about everything you could want to do to improve your writing. Fictional elements, non-fiction structure, voice, word choice, just to name a few.
Favorite of the 50 --> #2 USE STRONG VERBS #6 PLAY WITH WORDS #22 GET READY
BETTER WORDS - The best online resources to help you choose and use better words
"Type a word into the text box and click "look it up"!" Really. That's all it takes to dive into Think Map's Visual Thesaurus. From there, this amazing reference technology presents you with a living (or so it seems) map of your word. See a visual presentation of antonyms, synonyms and easy explaination of what they all mean. Along the right-hand side of the window NOUNS / ADJECTIVES / VERBS / ADVERBS are categorized and defined.
Check it out here --> VISUAL THESAURUS
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Dictionary.com * Thesaurus.com * Reference.com (Lexico Publishing Group)
This is a FANTASTIC family of websites. Using the text box at the top of any page you can quickly get a definition, check the correct pronunciation of a word, get a nice list of antonyms and synonyms, and just about anything else you would want to do with a word. Results are well organized and linked wiki-style for easy navigation. Daily features include word-of-the-day, crosswords, and other wordsmith interests.
Visit our favorites here --> DICTIONARY THESAURUS TRANSLATOR HANGMAN WORD F.A.Q.
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Your Checklist for Better Words (Better Writer)
Here are 5 Tips to help you choose better words for your writing. Because the words we use are so much a part of who we are, it can be difficult to discover how we need to improve in this aspect of our writing. To raise our awareness, it’s helpful to consider some criteria for effective word choice, along with a few key questions we can ask ourselves when we assess our work.
More help with your words --> STICKS & STONES | 6 STRATEGIES | WORDS THAT WORK
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TEACHERS RESOURCES - The best online resources for teachers and involved parents.
sitesforteachers.com - Top education web sites ranked by popularity
Hundreds of Educational Websites Rated by Popularity. This is a very cool and democratic community for teachers to find and use the best online resources.
MORE RESOURCES ARE COMING SOON. To suggest a site --> ideas @ beawriter.US
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