Guts

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

— Sylvia Plath

Unspoken

"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say."

— Anaïs Nin

Revisionist

"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter."

— James A. Michener

The Reference Shelf - General Reference Sites for Writers

Online destinations every writer should have bookmarked. Find synonyms, stats, translations, and more.

  • Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) features over 130 informative articles on grammar usage, sentence construction, non-sexist writing, and other English language issues. The site also offers a special article section on professional writing topics.
  • Reference.com is a one-stop-shop of almanacs, atlases, thesauri, encyclopedias, and of course, dictionaries.
  • Webster's Dictionary On-Line is a tried and true old standard.
  • Your Dictionary links to over 800 dictionaries and thesauri in 150 languages.

The Reference Shelf - Style Guides for Writers and Editors

The run-down on online style guides, usage guidance, and other helpful tools to turn to when you can't decide whether or not to hyphenate.

  • Our personal style favorite, The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Ed., offers an online edition (a free trial is available). The editors of CMS maintain an online Q&A and the opportunity to submit your style questions.
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