Writing Skills
Writers' Rooms
Writers' Rooms is an intriguing collection of pictures of the rooms of various writers and their explanation of what kind of environment helps them to write. These are particularly useful as students are considering their pace of work and trying to find their creativity.
General
Kahlenberg, Rebecca R. “Breaking in as a Freelance Writer,” The Washington Post, March 13, 2005.
Menand, Louis “The End Matter: the nightmare of citation,” The New Yorker, October 6, 2003.
Slayter, Mary Ellen “When Art is Your Passion buy You Still Need a Paycheck,” The Washington Post, April 18, 2004. (pdf)
Twelftree, Graham “Writing Hints!” (pdf)
George Orwell's 5 Rules for Effective Writing
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Germano, William “Passive Is Spoken Here,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 22, 2005.
Parini, Jay “The Considerable Satisfaction of 2 Pages a Day,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 2005.
Toor, Rachel “Love to Write? Keep it to Yourself,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2, 2007.
Toor, Rachel “The Writing Date ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 8, 2008.
It's easy to lose yourself in the research and never get around to actually putting words down on paper.
On the Subject of Developing an Argument
In The Craft of Research, Booth, Colomb and Williams offer much useful help about how researchers construct arguments that are convincing to the reader. They state that an argument has to have two basic elements, a claim and evidence. A summary of this section is available online.