Readability & Clarity
Creating a table of contents: "flat" versus "deep" hierarchy
Step-by-step instructions: what does the user need to know?
How to avoid professional mumbo-jumbo
How to make layout more readable
Clarity Tip: Put the most important stuff first
10 document revision tips
Types of Writing
Employee bios: precise, professional, personalized
Job Applications 101: Content, organization, layout, and style
Best wording for customer info letters
Oral presentation strategies: differences from the written word
Multimedia presentations: the new powerpoint
How to write damn good timed essays
10 web writing fundamentals
8 Tips for Online Layout (powerpoint)
8 Tips for Online Writing (powerpoint)
Academic Writing
How to introduce quotes
9 academic essay tips
Using evidence to support claims
Thesis Statements 101
How to revise your writing
Topic Sentence Linking: What introductory sentences really do
When to Quote and When to Paraphrase
Academic Style 101: a cheat sheet
How to structure your paper like a scholar
The Given-New theory of writing structure
Academic intros & conclusions: what scholars really do
First person in academic writing (when can I say "I"?)
Tentative language: the scholar's voice
Titles how-to for academic essays
Vocabulary to use in your next paper
Contextualization & historicization: what scholars say
Sentence style study: an examination of Lauren Slater
How to use literary theory in interpretive essays
Finding rhetorical fallacies in presidential politics
Framing arguments: the fundamentals of shaping your point of view
Rogerian argument: find a win-win solution
Rogerian Argument: Barack Obama
Interactive Class Exercises
Writing Collaboratively