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Writing: Recommended Readings

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The Technical Writers Checklist Volume 2

What I Really Want Is Someone Rolling Around in the Text
Michael Krasny interviews Tim O'Brien on the 20th anniversary of the publication of the short story collection, "The Things They Carried."
5 Easy Ways to Learn Grammar With The New York Times
Young People's Writing: Attitudes, Behaviour and the Role of Technology
You Can Quote Me On This
8 Valuable Lessons Newspapers Must Learn From Bloggers to Survive
Drinking the Strunkian Kool-Aid: victims of page 18
In Praise of the American Short Story
Visions and Revisions
Inclusive Language: I, We, and You
Passive Voice: Two Out of Three Isn't Good Enough
Grammar Protects Us
Secrets to Getting What You Want (It's All About Rhetoric)
Irritations: Obnoxious Pleonasms
Why Commas Matter
Limits of Self-organization: Peer Production and "Laws of Quality"
Use Parallelism in Your Writing
12 Tips for Writing Your Essay Paper
Bring Clarity to Your Writing
Can Bad Language Punditry Be Stopped?
How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand
7 Secrets to a Striking Essay
Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location
Keep Related Words, as a Rule, Together
Just Say No to These Three Enemies of Clear and Direct Writing
Balancing Academic Tradition and Skills Employers Demand
How to Schedule Your Writing Like a Professional Writer
10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online
The Nation: Parts of Speech; The Bloody Crossroads of Grammar and Politics
Writing Under The Influence
Unmuzzling High School Journalists
Spelling Does Not Count? Noncents.
The Impotence of Proofreading By Taylor Mali (explicit)
Phonetic Pronunciation by Victor Borge
Love to Write? Keep It to Yourself
Guide to Grammar and Style
Getting an A on an English Paper
That Versus Which
Get Your Message Across: Proven Methods for Effective Business Presentations
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
Writing English: The International Language of Business
10 Tips to Better Blogging
Writing for the Web
The Tongue Untied: A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Style
UsingEnglish.com
Dave's Recommended Books for Writers
PlainLanguage.gov, Improving communication from the federal government to the public
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Common Errors in English
Guide to Grammar and Style
Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric
Writer's Guide
Writing for the Web
Writing on the Internet.
The Art of Writing (Robert Louis Stephenson)

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