|  The following is a compilation of resources to be used in assisting anyone with the desire to improve or enhance their writing skills. As time goes by, we will be adding more links. Should anyone have any good links that will provide a writer with any helpful hints, please E-mail the Webmistress. and we will check it out. WRITING RESOURCES ONLINE: Character Names: http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/ 20,000 Names From Around The World Synonyms/Thesauri: http://www.thesaurus.com/ http://www.bartleby.com/62/ (Roget's II, 3rd ed.) http://www.synonym.com/synonym/ (quick quide) Dictionaries: http://www.bartleby.com/61/ (American Heritage, 4th ed.) http://www.yourdictionary.com/ (Includes multiple languages) http://www.onelook.com/browse.shtml (Links to online dictionaries) Slang, Alternative Dictionaries : http://www.slangsite.com/ http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ Quotations: http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/ Writing Resources Online: http://www.powa.org/ (Online Writing Assistant) http://www.urich.edu/~writing/wweb.html (Writer's Web) http://www.theslot.com/sharp.html (Bill Walsh's Sharp Points) http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/ (Punctuation Made Simple) Research Resources on one page: http://www.itools.com/research-it/ American Heritage Book of English Usage: http://www.bartleby.com/64/ Common Errors in English: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html Online English Style and Grammar Guides: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ (Jack Lynch) Language Translation Sites: http://www.freetranslation.com/ (English to a variety) http://translation.langenberg.com/ (all languages both ways) http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html (English to...) |