This guide has been created to help you learn both about the writing process and about many specific kinds of writing you may want to do in English. Follow the links below to begin improving your writing. The Writing Guide is currently under construction, so please be patient as I work to make this valuable resource available. If you have any questions or comments about this guide, please contact me at gardenmaster@byu.edu.

General Writing Tutorials and Resources:

• The Writing Process
• Pre-Writing Techniques
• Writing Sentences
• Writing Paragraphs
• Writing Essays: Organization
• Transitions

Specific Writing Tutorials and Resources
 
Academic Writing

• Genre Essays (Comparison/Contrast, Description, Process, etc.)
• Timed Essays (International TOEFL, college classes)
• Responding to Literature
• Research Papers
• Reports
• College Entrance Essays
• Letters of Intent (for graduate school)

Business/Career Writing

• Business Letters
• Memos
• Reports
• Resumes
• Cover Letters
• Presentations
• News Articles
• Advertisements

Practical Writing

• Job Applications
• College/University Applications
• Letters
• Notes
• E-Mail Messages

Personal Writing

• Autobiography
• Personal Essays
• Journal Writing
• Oral Histories
• Response Writing
• I-Search Papers

Creative Writing

• Short Stories
• Poems
• Plays
• TV Show Scripts