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Annual Writers Conferences: The University of North Dakota

Since 1970, the University of North Dakota (UND) has hosted an annual writers conference, complete with plenary sessions, panel discussions, and seminars. A number of important writers have been in attendance, including Harlan Ellison and Allen Ginsburg. Currently, the Chester Fritz Library Department of Special Collections at UND is digitizing all of these sessions, and there are some real treats...

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/
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Canada Council for the Arts

The basic mandate of the Canada Council for the Arts is "to foster and promote the study and enjoyment and the production of works in the arts." First-time visitors should click on one of the thematic sections on the site, which include Dance, Writing & Publishing, and Aboriginal Arts Office. Within each of these areas, visitors can read Artist Stories, check out the dedicated blog for each topic,...

https://canadacouncil.ca/
Novel Ideas

Writers block comes up on all of us, and at times, it can manifest itself at the most inconvenient times. The good folks at National Public Radio decided to ask a number of authors about their own experiences with both writer's block and creating novels, and their findings are contained within the heart of this website. Visitors to the site can peer into the minds of Scott Turow, Blue Balliett,...

https://www.npr.org/series/6484932/novel-ideas
Resources for Writers: George Mason University

Writing centers at colleges and universities have been around for decades, and most of them have placed some resources for their students online. George Mason University's writing resource center has had an online presence for years, and it is one that college students and persons generally interested in improving their writing will want to look at. The site includes a number of specialized...

https://writingcenter.gmu.edu/?page_id=12
Teaching With Writing

Teaching writing can be a challenge, even for those who have been in front of a class full of students for years. The website of the Writing Center at Colorado State University is a great source of information for people who teach writing. A good place to start is the Teaching Guides area, which includes strategies on Planning & Conducting Classes, Teaching Specific Writing Skills, and Writing...

https://writing.colostate.edu/teaching.cfm
The Writing Center at Harvard University

The Writing Center at Harvard University is perhaps the oldest formal writing center at an American university, and their complementary website presents a valuable trove of instructional handouts for writers young and old. On this page, visitors will find over a dozen helpful handouts with titles such as "How to Read an Assignment", "Essay Structure", "Developing a Thesis", "Summary", and...

https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/
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University of Richmond: Writer's Web

Created by the University of Richmond's Writing Center, the Writer's Web is a trove of publicly accessible materials on writing tips created by the faculty and students of this well-reputed institution. From the main page, visitors will find a dozen areas of note, including tips on Punctuation, Clarity & Style, and Documentation. Each area contains succinct and learned explanations on a range of...

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html
Wordnik

When you see words like pruinose, puerility, gnosis, and cloud architect floating down a computer screen what's going on? You are on the Wordnik website, and you are taking in a bit of a free-form display of thousands of different words. When visitors click on a word, they are taking to its definition. The definitions here are taken from a variety of sources, including historic dictionaries and...

https://www.wordnik.com
Writer

Sometimes you just want the world to go away so you can concentrate on the things that matter. For writers, finding a quiet place of one's own can be a tremendous challenge. Writer cuts away all the details and distractions and allows writers to write. The basic black and green screen allows visitors the option to save their work, check on the word count, create a PDF, or print it out. It's simple...

https://writer.bighugelabs.com/welcome
Writing Across the Curriculum: George Mason University

The impetus for the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) initiative at George Mason University was part of a national media discussion in 1977 about a "literary crisis" in the United States. Three decades later, the WAC continues to thrive, and its website is full of resources for people who teach college English courses and related subjects. The mission of the WAC is to focus on writing as "a...

https://wac.gmu.edu
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