150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively: A categorized and alphabetized list of links that "...focus on places where you can conduct research, software that is free and easy to use, and services that will remove that "extra work" monkey from your back....This list focuses solely on those tools that can make your writing life easier." Their categories are: Almanacs; Business and Legal Matters; Citation Styles; Dictionaries; English Language Skills; Genres; News Digests; New Media Resources; Organization; Professional Organizations; Rhetoric; Toolboxes; Writing Services; Writing Skills; Writing Software. 10/21/07

Writing Tools at AllWords.com: This section of the site has many excellent links. For example, check out the Writing Tips links page. 08/10/07

Fifty Writing Tools: AMAZING SERIES! Author Roy Peter Clark points out "These are TOOLS and not RULES!" He already has 42 of the Tools posted. "Each week I will describe a writing tool that has been useful to me. I have borrowed these tools from writers and editors, from authors of books on writing, and from teachers and writing coaches. Many come from the X-ray reading of texts I admire." 02/04/05

Research Buddy 0.2: If you don't already use Mozilla Firefox, and if you're a writer or student, this might be your reason to switch. "Research Buddy saves references to webpages in a bibliographical reference format." Right from in your browser, when you find something on a webpage you'd like to reference, it's a matter of right-click and then filling in the blanks to create your bibliography, plua, "depending on the preferences, the page (and it's images) may be saved to the user's disk." 12/14/04

Take the Fat Out of Your Writing: A portion of an article; link to full article is included on the page. "Brevity has begun to supersede clarity in importance in our eyes. Striving for brevity isn't enough. We need to write tight." The author addresses the topics of clarity, accuracy, relevance, sincereity, concision, transparency, and consistency. 05/07/03

Aphorisms Galore

Chiasmus: A whole site devoted to it. Do you know what chaismus is? If not, link to the MW Dictionary.

Cliche Finder

Oxymoron List: Well, it's a fun "trick" if not especially useful in your writing 03/24/02

Plain English: Illustrated rules & tips. Plain English refers to the writing and setting out of essential information in a way that gives a co-operative, motivated person a good chance of understanding the document at first reading, and in the same sense that the writer meant it to be understood." 08/14/01

Rhetoric: "A Forest of Rhetoric" is a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric

Rhetoric: A bibliography of rhetoric, showing some of the common patterns

Sayings for every event

Technical Writing

WordWizard Portal: "For lovers of the English language"

Writer's Resource by Jack Lynch: An eclectic & useful list

Writers Workshop: Full of reference items