Writing Process Resources
6+1 Traits of Effective Writing (PDF)
Writing is influenced by six characteristics: ideas (details, development, focus), organization (internal structure) voice (tone, style, purpose, and audience), word choice (precise language and phrasing), sentence fluency (correctness, rhythm, and cadence), and conventions (mechanical correctness).
Beyond Books--Building Language
Step by Step: Writing as a Process -- Why Write?
Essaypunch.com
This web site takes users through the steps of writing a basic essay.
Essays
All about the art of writing and publishing essays from Tips-O-Matic.
Five elements of effective communication: A checklist
A list by Dr. Stephen Wilbers.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
See Paragraph Level and Essay and Research Paper Level.
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
Well written site on how to write a basic essay
If I Were a Carpenter: The Tools of a Writer
ROY PETER CLARK is Senior Scholar at The Poynter Institute, and director of the National Writers' Workshop. He presented this list of writing tools at the Orange County Writers' Workshop. Published on the web with permission of the author.
Introducing Plain Language
Plain language writing is an approach to writing that helps us make our writing clear and simple and more accessible to readers.
The Maple Woods Online Writing Center
Handouts on a variety of writing topics, including prewriting techniques, sensory details, thesis statements, and common essay organizational patterns
Outline of a Five-Paragraph Essay
Ingredients of a five-paragraph essay.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Discovering what to write, organizing, revising, editing, writing informal essays, writing thesis/support essays, writing exploratory essays, writing argumentative essays, documenting sources
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Find information to assist with many writing projects, during any stage of the writing process.
Rensselaer Writing Center Handouts
Handouts on citation styles, types of writing and styles of writing.
Skillwise: Writing
Information on paragraphs, planning your writing, proofreading, and more (from BBC)
WriteExpress
How to build letters with step-by-step instructions and sample sentences and phrases for each writing step.
The Writing Den
Designed for students Grades 6 through 12 seeking to improve their English reading, comprehension, and writing skills.
Writing Domains and Definitions
What is scored on Virginia's SOL writing tests (Henrico County Unit Plans).
The Writing Process
An eight point list of priorities for the writing process adapted from Donald Murray's The Craft of Revision (Brandeis University Writing Center ).