Writers' Resources on the World Wide Web

Web sites related to writing, brought to you by the American Amateur Press Association.

Reference

Your ``virtual'' reference shelf.

Need some basic references on how to properly use English? The Web is full of them!

The Able Writer: A Rhetoric and Handbook: Excerpts from the book written by John P. Broderick, Ph.D., a linguist who has spent thirty years as a professor teaching English grammar to future teachers.
The Armchair Grammarian: ``Nearly everything you've ever wanted to know about English grammar & punctuation.''
11 Rules of Writing: Detailed information on how to properly use punctuation (particularly commas), pronouns, clauses, verbs, and all those other wonderful parts of English.
Grammar and Style Notes: Maintained by Jack Lynch, Assistant Professor in the English department of the Newark campus of Rutgers University.
Singular ``their'': A description of how English evolving to use a singular pronoun when gender is not known. Particular emphasis on Jane Austen's use of ``their'' as a singular pronoun.
Strunk's The Elements of Style: Written in 1918 by William Strunk, Jr., (1869-1946) for use in English courses, it became a classic reference on the rules of composition.
Use the Meat-Axe: Suggestions for improving your writing by New York Timesman and amateur journalist Burton Crane. (From AAPA's Examples of Amateur Journalism.)
Yahoo!: For additional references, see the Yahoo! category Social Science: Linguistics and Human Languages: Languages: Specific Languages: English: Grammar, Usage, and Style. Yahoo hosts a number of writing clubs, including Creative Writing.

Links to pages that go beyond the fundamentals.

Backspace -- The Writer's Place: ``The Backspace community is dedicated to helping writers navigate the often confusing world of Big Publishing. With close to 400 members from 10 different countries and a constantly revolving line-up of guest speakers including literary agents, editors, and authors the online forums are a virtual writer's conference that runs year round.''
Dolphin Software Solutions Writers Links: Links to Writers' associations, conferences, resource sites, retreats, magazines, educational sites, and software.
Helping You Get Published: ``Editing services and free on-site resources for authors can assist you in developing your book manuscript for an agent or publisher.'' Includes a rich set of links.
The Professional Writers' Source: A jumping off point for writers on the Internet.
Published.com: The free Internet directory of independent writers and artists.
Rejection Collection.com: The writer's and artist's online source for rejection letters, misery, commiseration and inspiration.
World Wide Words: ``Investigating international English from a British viewpoint.''
Write Better English: A free writing resource for writers and editors provided by Australian company Serenson Pty Ltd.
Writers In Electronic Residence (WIER): Linking Canada's writers with Canada's schools.
Writers Write: The monthly Internet writing journal.

This page was last modified December 5, 2007