Welcome To Resources for writers & authors
Here, The Muse Of Language Arts lists of resources at Electricka's web site
that can help authors and writers who seek to develop their writing skills.
about this feature
We can't all be dramatists, poets, and writers like Shakespeare. For most of us, improving our writing
is a lifelong endeavor. Honing writing skills is an interactive and dynamic process.
Good writers keep track of what other writers are doing and with how
language is being used; they grow and evolve, just as
language and reading tastes grow and evolve.
The features listed in the table below vary in what they have to offer
and who they will help. Some will interest writers in one or another stage of
development, from casual writers who simply want to tighten up their
everyday prose style to paid professionals. Others are aimed specifically at
amateurs, at those who are serious about what they write, or at
professionals seeking career support.
Whoever you may be and whatever your writing objectives, the writing resources listed on this page
will provide opportunities to explore,
learn, and develop.
The table is easy to use. Click the entry in the link column to visit the
page at Electricka's where the feature is located. Or click the link in the
Description column, as appropriate.
Resources for writers &
Authors
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| Writers' Universe |
Writers' Universe is a collection of writing resources you can explore and
exploit, some of which are located at Electricka's web site and some of
which are located in or at publications, web sites, educational institutions,
books, software, bookstores, libraries, educational institutions, and
elsewhere. The Muse Of Language Arts has compiled this list of resources especially
to meet the needs and desires of writers and authors and to assist them to
expand their creative and expository writing horizons.
Many of these resources offer opportunities
for writers to improve, publish, distribute, or sell their writing or their
writing skills. Others offer education, training, or the chance to teach
what they know and love.
Writers' Universe also keeps writers abreast of what's happening in the world
that affects writers and authors—what writers,
publishers, and the public are doing, saying. or planning. It allows
writers to compare and contrast their work and their world with the work and
world of other writers.
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| Writer's
Discussion Group |
 Keep
up with what’s happening in the world of writing. Submit your questions
about writing to authors and writers. Volunteer to help others by answering their questions.
Send in (post) your questions about writing—style,
grammar, good usage, logic, and the like—to
the Writer's Discussion Group. Expect and answer from another discussion group member
or The Muse Of Language Arts.
Share what you know with others interested in writing. Help others with their writing
or get help. Exchange tips and ideas. Discuss writing pros and cons,
experiences, issues, writing, writers, or anything related to writing that
seems relevant. Ask questions about writing, literature, and the language
arts.
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| Writing Aids
For Writers And Authors |
Writing Aids For Writers And Authors is a collection of features at Electricka's web site that can help writers and authors write
better and with more facility. It provides access to a number of different
kinds of information and writing assistance that a writer can exploit while writing expository or
creative works of various kinds. It also offers links to features containing
general information on topics a writer may want to brush up on. For example,
a writer setting out to compose a story about seafarers may want to know
about how sailors tell time onboard oceangoing vessels; a writer setting out
to write a story about painters may want to brush up on art history. |
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| Electricka's Resource Shelf |
Electricka's Resource Shelf is a compendium of all sorts of arts-related
resources, including many of interest to writers. It's
similar to a reference desk at a library or to reference works you
might buy at a bookstore to use at home, school, or at the office. The Shelf also contains citations of places you can visit,
things you can do, and people or organizations you can contact about
writing. With the help of Electricka's Resource Shelf you will be
able to identify the writing resources you want to consult and then visit,
contact, or obtain them, whether they are online or at physical locations. Here's a smattering of some of the different kinds of resources listed in
the compendium: web sites, books, software, bookstores, libraries, educational institutions,
pages at
Electricka's web site.
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| Writing Right Users
Page |
Writing Right© is a computerized personal writing
assistant developed by ETAF that can help users write better prose. Electricka has set aside a page at her web site called the Writing Right User's
Page. Writing Right users visit this page to learn about the latest
developments in the world of writing. The Users Page is a writer's resource. |
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Technical Aspects of Literature |
The technical aspects of any written work are its properties and techniques
as seen from a literary and language perspective. All writing incorporates
and is made up of technical elements like meter, form, sound (rhyme), and
figures of speech. Techniques and language elements like these are common to all fields of
writing; all writers use them, deliberately or subconsciously. Any
particular work can by analyzed, understood, described, and classified by
the combination of the writing elements it
incorporates.
Explore writing and writings from a technical
and design point of
view—structure, organization, tone, style,
language constructions, and
all the other technical aspects that make for coherent, expressive, and
effective writing, or its opposite.
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| No-Cost Downloads
Of Interest To Writers |
Electricka offers a selection of no-cost writer's aids that you download to your
computer for your personal use. Look for them at this feature. |
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| Other Features |
As a writer, you may be interested in these features:
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about original essays Submitted by visitors
Explore original essays written by visitors to Electricka's web site. Use
them as models for your own writing or read them for your edification.
Enjoy!
People have been writing since Mesopotamia. Why should and do people
write? What are the pitfalls? The essays published here are original
essays created by visitors to Electricka's web site. Compare your answers
to this complex question with their answers.
- Read essays that answer the question Why Write?
click here.
Read essays written by visitors to Electricka's web site on a
variety of other topics:
- Visit The Muse Of Language Arts feature called Publish Your Essay:
click here.
Send the Muse Of Language Arts an original essay
Have you or someone you know written an original essay
on the subject of Why Write? Would you like to? Have you
written or would you like to write an original essay on any other
subject related to the arts? In collaboration
with Electricka, The Muse Of Language Arts and
The Muse Of Literature invite you to submit your essay for
publication.
In conjunction with the other muses, Electricka has
designated original, visitor-written essays as ByLine features.
- If your essay is on the subject of Why Write?...
If your essay is on the subject of Why Write? and it is
accepted for publication, it will be published in the pages you are now
reading.
- If your essay is on another subject...
If your essay is on a subject other than Why Write? and it is
accepted for publication, look for it in The Muse Of Language Arts
feature called Publish Your Essay.
- Visit The Muse Of Language Arts feature called Publish Your Essay:
click here.
For more information about submitting an essay for
publication, visit the ByLine page at this site:
- Click
ByLine Page, or
- Click the ByLine logo in the right margin
of this page.
Send the Muse Of Language Arts an original Poem or essay
Have you written an original poem or essay? In
a three-way collaboration with Electricka, The Muse Of Literature and
The Muse Of Language Arts invite you to submit
your work for her to publish.
For more information, visit the ByLine page at this site:
- For information about submitting a ByLine Item:
click here.
- To submit your poem or essay now, click the ByLine logo
at the right side of this page.
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