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Stef · 04-11-2008, 01:11 PM

Hi all there,

This is not properly a *technical* skill but I wonder if any of you might suggest books, (online) courses, groups (yahoo! or usenet), tutorial, etc which can help improving one's writing style.

I am going to start two blogs this summer (and try to make a living out of them) and English is not my mother tongue. :-(

Thanks a lot,
Stef

Rockchick26 · 04-12-2008, 08:52 AM

What a coincidence,i was just reseaching this topic earlier today and i came across an excellent article about this. It's about music journalism but the fundamentals will work for any topic. Here's a link to the site!

http://andykaufmann.tripod.com/soyouwant.html

Ali from The Office Diet · 04-12-2008, 08:32 PM

You might find Daily Writing Tips useful - I work for them as a staff blogger, and they have a great range of articles on all aspects of writing. The site seems particularly popular with people learning English as a foreign language and articles often deal with things like easily confused or misspelled words.

Good luck with your blogs!

Pegasus · 04-13-2008, 04:26 PM

The Elements of Style
by William Strunk and Roger White

Conservative · 07-07-2008, 07:09 PM

The Complete Short Stories
by Ernest Hemingway

Write a novel.

Adrienne · 07-07-2008, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pegasus

The Elements of Style
by William Strunk and Roger White

I second this. A college prof friend of mine, told me it was one of the best books for writing.. she was right. I was very glad i read it BEFORE college.
Adrienne

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Stef Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 32	Skill: Creating writing/journalism? Hi all there, This is not properly a technical skill but I wonder if any of you might suggest books, (online) courses, groups (yahoo! or usenet), tutorial, etc which can help improving one's writing style. I am going to start two blogs this summer (and try to make a living out of them) and English is not my mother tongue. :-( Thanks a lot, Stef

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Rockchick26 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,037	What a coincidence,i was just reseaching this topic earlier today and i came across an excellent article about this. It's about music journalism but the fundamentals will work for any topic. Here's a link to the site! http://andykaufmann.tripod.com/soyouwant.html

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