General Writing Advice

Resources on the Internet

These resource links will help you with
your academic and technical writing.

GMU's Nonfiction University for Technical Writing
The English Department's Nonfiction Program web site provides a comprehensive list of links with information about technical writing, publications, and references.

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
This site from Penn State is designed to help engineering or science students perform technical writing assignments in laboratory, design, and technical communication classes.

Technical Writing for Engineers
Ronald Standler's excellent site will help you with grammar and style in writing technical documents.

Online Technical Writing: Instructions
This page from IOCOM shows how step-by-step instructions of how to do something can be effectively written.

Writing on the Web
Dan Bricklin of Trellix Corporation started this "How to" site for writing everyday documents for the Web. Included at this site are techniques, examples, philosophies, and related links to web writing.

Professional Writing Handouts and Resources
Purdue University (IN) provides this collection of handouts with information about various aspects of business, technical, and professional writing.

Strunk's The Elements of Style
William Strunk's The Elements of Style is a classic reference for writers.

How to Give a Bad Talk
David Patterson's humorous yet salient tips on what not to do when giving a presentation.

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Capital Community College (CT) has this comprehensive guide to all your grammar questions.