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Writing tips

I wish to share these links that (maybe) helped me improve my writing. I recommend this kind of reading to anyone having some difficulty or apprehension in writing a report, article or thesis. These documents provide rules to help you achieve clarity and effectiveness. I hope.

Please let me know if some links are broken.

Single documents

• A little writing advice from Hilary (UCSB). About 1400 words of practical advice. (last seen at http://geol.ucsb.edu/%7Egeo104a/RTsWritingTips.html, salvaged by the WayBack Machine).
• How NOT to write a paper (O. Goldreich). 5-page article, lots of good sense.
• 101 Writing Tips (Des Higham, the University of Strathclyde at Glasgow)
• How to Write a PhD Thesis (J. Wolfe, University of New South Wales)
• How to have your abstract rejected (van Leunen and Lipton, Xerox) (Originally found here)
• Punctuation Rules (St. Albans School)

Sites with advice by topic

• Welcome to LEO: Literacy Education Online (St Cloud State U.). Lots of documents of advice on specific aspects of writing.
  
• Writing Center Handouts (UNC). Lots of documents of advice on different aspects of writing.
• Excerpts from Style for Students (J. Schall, Pennsylvania State U.), in particular, I like "Writing paragraphs that flow".
• Collected Advice on Research and Writing  (CMU) links to advice on writing, research, career and related topics.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing (Hartford College)
• Writing Tips and Links (U, of Newcastle upon Tyne)
• Capitalizing--Contents (Englishplus.com)
• Good Scientific Communication Skills (David Schultz, U. of Oklahoma). About 1500 words of advice, plus some links.
• A ton of advice if you're working towards a PhD: OnlinePhd.org (link kindly suggested by a reader of this page).