Writing Resources
Our Quick Guides provide concise instruction on a variety of writing skills, tasks, and processes. Consultants often integrate these guides into consulting sessions, but you can use them independently to get a quick handle on the topic of your choice. Click any of these materials to help you work out a solution to your writing needs.
Writing as a Process
- Understanding Your Instructor’s Prompt
- Brainstorming Techniques
- Outlining
- Revising
- Reverse Outlining| Video on Reverse Outlining
- Ways to Improve Your Draft
- Providing Feedback to Writers
- Editing Checklist
- How to Edit Your Own Essay: Strategies for Multilingual Writers
- Advice on Setting Up and Working with a Writing Group
- Writer’s Block | Video on Writer’s Block
- Revising for Concision
Research-Based Writing
- How to Write a Research Question
- Quotation, Paraphrase, Summary, and Analysis
- When to Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote
- Signal Phrases
- A Guide to Annotated Bibliographies
- Hedges: Softening Claims in Academic Writing
Citing Sources
Writing in Different Genres
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Taking In-Class Essay Exams
- A Guide to Annotated Bibliographies
- Writing an Abstract
- Writing a Scientific Research Report
- Writing a Literature Review
- News Writing Fundamentals
- Writing a PowerPoint Presentation
- Writing Business Letters
- Writing Business Memos
- Word Bank of Business Terms
- Writing Effective Talking Points
- Writing Personal Statements for Health Professions
- All About Resume Writing
- Writing Cover Letters
- Sending Email to Faculty and Administrators
- Problem Proposals