Caro Clarke
Explaining Too Much: Why More Is Less
This is the eleventh article in a series that is designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on how to eliminate needless information in your novel. The key is to not explain too much about the action.
Other
Efa: Editorial Freelancers Association
This page is for freelance journalists who have narrowed their selected field to editorials and editorial columns. Newly combined with the Editorial Freelancers Association, this site contains materials from both organizations.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Mechanics
An explanation of the importance of mechanics and links to additional information on specific focus areas.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Center Tips & Tools
The documents and videos collected here touch on most aspects of good academci writing, and all aspects of the writing process. Students can choose from the many topics to address the specific skill or concept they need to master.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercises in Capitalization
In this exercise, students are read sentences with boxes in which to correct a capitalization error. They need to determine if the word is correctly capitalized and type a "C" in the box for correct or an "I" in the box for incorrect.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Comma Usage
This punctuation quiz requires the student to insert necessary commas before comparing his or her version to the possible answers.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: Writing @ Csu Writing Guides
This is a fairly sophisticated series of writing guides. It assumes that users already have a solid grasp of spelling, grammar and mechanics, so it focuses more on organization and types of presentation than on more basic skills....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Correcting Double Negatives
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a double negative.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Correcting Double Negatives
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a double negative.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing Skills Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will identify errors in sentences and choose the best corrections.