Guide for Writers

Writing Topics[1]

General

• Writers Write: The case against “writer’s block”
• Tips for Effective Writing: Appealing to more readers
• The Writing Process: How to get the words out (incomplete)

• The Writing Process

  • Academic Inquiry Paper
  • Academic Response Paper
  • Writing Exercises
  • Academic Writing Process Chart
  • Revising and Editing Academic Papers
    • An Example Draft Checklist
• A Writer’s Lexicon: Writing terminology

Fun with Language

• Word Building Blocks: The Latin & Greek “roots” of English
• Cool English: Words they put on tests
• Cool Latin: Latin Phrases to impress editors
• Cool French: Some readers like French
• “Academic” Language: Avoiding pretentious writing
• Rhyming dictionary

Elements of Stories

• Form and Genre: Selecting the right form

The Small Parts

• Stellar Sentences: Sentence structures
• Painless Paragraphs: Organizing paragraphs

Bigger Parts

• Plot and Story: Events drive stories
  • Conflict: Compelling conflicts
  • Theme: Unifying with a message (incomplete)
• Characterization: Knowing the players
  • Point of View: A matter of perspective
• Dialogue: Getting the words right
• Setting: A place, a time (incomplete)
• Scene (not started)
• Description: Show and tell
• Manuscript Analysis (not started)

Business Writing

• General Business Writing
• Résumés
• Cover Letters
• Memos and eMail
• Technical Writing: The Five Cs and More
  • Instructions

Genre Specifics

• Biographies

Formatting Papers

• Basic Academic Formats
• APA Publication Manual
• MLA Handbook
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Dissertation and Thesis Formats

Learning Theory

• Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Reasoning in Academic Papers
• Introduction to Rhetoric
• Rhetorical Analysis

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[1] Schnelbach, S. and Wyatt, C. “Tameri Guide for Writers.” 1 January, 2016 . Online. Internet. [10/28/2016]. Available WWW: http://www.tameri.com