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This site was last updated on:
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Getting Started


An Introduction to the Writing Process
http://www.delmar.edu/engl/instruct/stomlin/1301int/lessons/process/intro.htm
Describes the five-step process to better writing.

Overcoming Writer’s Block
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/writing_anxiety.html
Feeling nervous about writing? Join the club. Here are some tactics to use when you get “stuck.”

Brainstorming for Ideas
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/brainstorming.html
Come up with ideas to write about by thinking “outside the box” from Purdue’s OWL.

When You Start To Write
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan2.html
Tips on how to get your ideas flowing.

Thought Starters
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan1.html
What to write about?

Thought Starters
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html
Asking the Right Questions

Argumentative Topics
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/english/topicarg.html
Suggested thesis statements and a list of web links to pertinent information are provided for each topic.

Essay Topics
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrtp/topics.htm
A list of topics taken from the Regents’ tests.

Quick Tips at Crunch Time
http://www.marquette.edu/wac/quicktips/QuickTips.shtml
10 tips from Marquette University students on writing assignments.

 


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