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Welcome to my writerly page. This page is a collection of links I believe are useful to writers of all kinds, but especially high school students. The links vary wildly. I hope you find something useful.

How To Write Down Notes You Will Remember - PsyBlogStudy compares writing by hand with real and virtual keyboards.

Ellipsis Writing - College App Strategy & Creative Writing Tutoring

Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops AwayResearchers Pam Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer found that students remember more via taking notes longhand rather than on a laptop. It has to do with what happens when you're forced to slow down.

How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips from Rebecca Solnit1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write…

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How to Write English ProseTo my mind, each is in its own way a perfect, exquisitely faceted gem of English prose from an especially glorious literary epoch. Browne’s prose is a magnificent Baroque palace, by dizzying turns grandiose or lyrical, opulent or elegant, monstrous or precious, inordinate or harmonious, carelessly…

Using “I” in Academic Writing | The MLA Style CenterShould you use "I" in academic writing? An editor offers guidance

Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma NecessaryWho cares about the Oxford comma? That’s a $10 million question.

At the end of the day, think outside the box about clichés – Nana Ariel | Aeon IdeasCan’t live with them, can’t live without them: clichés are an algorithm that eases interaction and reaffirms relationships

Beside the point? Punctuation is dead, long live punctuation – Florence Hazrat | Aeon EssaysHow we came to represent (through inky marks) the vagaries of the mind, inflections of the voice, and intensity of feeling

Is It Too Scary?If art became my job, I’m afraid that would disturb my universe. I would have nothing unaccountable left in my life.

How to plan a research project | Psyche GuidesWhether for a paper or a thesis, define your question, review the work of others – and leave yourself open to discovery

How to revive your sense of wonder | Psyche GuidesThat childhood urge to ask ‘how’ and ‘why’ usually fades. But we can all learn to rediscover the joys of wide-eyed discovery

Beside the point? Punctuation is dead, long live punctuation | Aeon EssaysHow we came to represent (through inky marks) the vagaries of the mind, inflections of the voice, and intensity of feeling

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