Academic Writing

These resources provide detailed information about key phases in the writing process, including:

• Overviews of Academic Writing and Writing as a Process: how your personality affects you as a writer, plus overviews of the elements of academic writing and the steps involved in producing written work.

• Prewriting: preparatory work including gathering and critically reading sources, generating and mapping ideas, and getting words onto paper.

• Drafting: creating strong claims, composing effective introductions and conclusions, and creating a sense of unity and flow within sentences, paragraphs, and your paper as a whole.

• Revising: evaluating the efficacy of your paper and considering its organization and style.

• Making Texts Public: publications, posters, and oral presentations.

Working With Sources

How to evaluate, read critically, quote, and cite the texts you use.

Genres of Writing

Thirty short guides provide definitions, questions to ask, and actions to take regarding the most common genres of academic writing students encounter at Duke University.

Writing for

Specific Disciplines

These short guides offer tips for writing within specific academic disciplines.

Grammar and Reference

Helpful grammar and reference guides for all writers.

Workshop Resources

The Writing Studio offers frequent group during the Fall and Spring semesters. See our schedule and access our Powerpoint tutorials and handouts here.

Site Map

If you know you've seen something on our website before but can't find it now, check out our site map for a convenient list of our handouts and links. You can also search the site using the Search Engine to the left.

Additional Resources

• Fount of Inspiration: Updated occasionally with links that offer food for thought.

• Library: The Writing Studio non-circulating library is available for student, faculty, and community use.

• The Writing Studio in the News

• Writing Studio E-News Archives

• Handouts for High Schoolers: As part of the Writing Studio's community outreach initiative, we are developing a series of handouts geared toward readers and writiers in High School.