Academic Writing

Overviews of Academic Writing and Writing as a Process: How do you operate as a writer? What elements need to go into an academic paper? These links offer strategies for improving your personal writing process and include overviews of the elements of academic writing.

Prewriting: These resources offer tips on interpreting assignments and strategies for generating and organizing ideas.

Drafting: You've done the research and now you're ready to start writing. Look here for help on macro and micro levels, from creating strong claims and composing effective introductions and conclusions, to creating a sense of unity and flow within sentences, paragraphs, and your paper as a whole.

Revising: You have a draft but know it can be better. These resources will help you prioritize your goals as you reconsider your paper's organization and style.

Making Texts Public: From publications to oral presentations, written texts can be made public in a variety of ways. Some of these links direct you to sources that publish student work; others offer advice on creating effective oral and poster presentations.