Add Color, Clarity, and Style to Your Writing: A Linkfest
July 28th 2007 10:25
Do You Need to Liven Up Your Prose?
Would you like to put more color, zip, and style into your writing, while adding clarity at the same time? If so, you'll definitely want to check out the following resources, which are loaded with gems of wisdom on the subject. Some are single articles, while others are entire lists of articles and other materials that can help you say what you want to say and say it well. Whether you write e-books, news, scholarly essays, business reports, how-to articles, or fiction, you'll find something of value here.
A Varied Collection of Articles, a Verb List, and a Rubric
Aside from the varied collection of articles, designed to help with almost any aspect of the writing craft, I've also included among these resources a list of 500 verbs that can help you hold your reader's interest by constructing more intriguing sentences, through eliminating the tired, worn, and overused verbs we often tend to gravitate toward when writing. I've also added a rubric against which you can judge your own work. Though the rubric is aimed at teachers for use in evaluating their students' writing, it can also be a great means for you to measure the degree to which you are meeting your goal of producing well-written material for your readers.
Some Resources that Can Help You Write With Color, Clarity, and Style :
Verbs With Verve
A Glossary of 500 Multiple-Syllable Verbs
Writer’s Resources Website: Articles Page
Accepted.Com (a business, medical, law, and college writing website)
Better Verbs (complete with several other writing-related articles)
Suggestions for Writers (more tips for scholars, though most are widely applicable)
Power of Description
Style and Clarity
Word Choice Rubric
Stock Language (writing tips for journalists)
Writing Resources (article list for better journalism)
Writing Strategies
Is It Good Writing? (focus is on journalism, but still some good advice for all writers)
These should keep you busy for a while!
Enjoy!
Jeanne
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Comment by Faisca
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Great to see you! Hope you'll get a great deal out of these links. There are some really helpful articles here!
Have fun!
Jeanne
Comment by Chris Kitamura
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Great to see you! Glad you found this info helpful! There are so many great resources on the internet that it's a shame to have them get buried in the archives! Glad I thought to resurrect this post! It's never a bad thing to have some good, solid advice to fall back on for improving our writing!
Take care, and thanks for dropping by!
Jeanne