Before you begin, some thoughts:

This is a spot with so many resources, and you should take advantage of all of them. Good writers don't happen overnight, and not everyone will be the next Jane Austen (I love her) or F. Scott Fitzgerald. That's okay. You can, however, be a solid communicator of written thought. You can give your words power, even if they don't always have poetry--again, that's okay. If everyone communicated poetically, would anything ever make sense?

Written communication, however, will always be part of your life, no matter what field you pursue. You might never write a novel--you might never read one again after high school (sad thought)--but reading and writing will always matter. You may be called on to read or write letters, instructional manuals, marketing presentations, business proposals, scientific journals, recommendation letters, cover letters, etc. It really never ends, so you need to be prepared.

To that end, this page is full of writing resources, and I will continue to add to them. Once you get past the generic rubrics for my class, you will find generally helpful materials on research, formatting, citing (really important), etc., and if you scroll past those, you will find some general style and grammar aids--and yes, these are important. You are only as good as your word, so you'll want that to be 1. your own, 2. honest, and 3. intelligible.

So happy writing, all!

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