Online Writing Guide

This is where you want to be if you need help with a writing for this site. Here you're find a list of various writing models, tips and hints. You'll also find a list of forms that are helpful for writing, ready for downloading and complete with instructions for use, as well as some general tips for writing success.

The pages are organized by topic, and there is some overlap whenever a page is appropriate for more than one topic.

THE SHORT STORY

1. How to Write a Short Story.
2. The Make-A-Character Form.
3. When to Make a New Paragraph.
4. How to Punctuate Dialogue.
5. Advanced Rules for Punctuating Dialogue.

THE PERSUASIVE ESSAY

1. How to Write an Hourglass-Shaped Essay or Speech.
2. How to Write a Funnel-Shaped Introduction.
3. How to Write a Thesis Sentence.
4. How to Formulate an Argument.
5. How to Squash the Opposition.
6. How to Write a Hamburger Paragraph.
7. How to Make a Paper Look Right.
8. When to Make a New Paragraph.

WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

1. How to Write About Literature.
2. How to Write a Review.
3. When to Make a New Paragraph.

THE RESEARCH PAPER

1. How to Do Research.
2. How to Write End Notes.
3. How to Write Parenthetical References.
4. How to Write a Bibliography.
5. How to Write a Hamburger Paragraph.
6. How to Make a Paper Look Right.
7. When to Make a New Paragraph.

THE POEMS

1. How to Write Haiku.
2. How to Write a Limerick.
3. How to Write an Acrostic Poem.

THE OTHER WRITING MODELS

1. How to Write a Radio Play.
2. How to Write a Movie.

Many thanks go to my good friend Michael Klingensmith for providing all of the content for this section. Only minor edits have been made to a few sections.

Copyright 1996-2004 by Michael Klingensmith