Writers Workshop: Writer Resources
Writing Tips
Thank you for using the Writing Tips Handbook from the Writers Workshop at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. This Handbook offers advice on various elements of the writing process. To go directly to a specific topic, click on the appropriate item in the following index.
General Tips
- Audience
- Body Paragraphs
- Comma Use
- Editing Principles
- Parallelism
- Quotations
- Thesis Statements
- Transitions
- Writer's Block
Genre-specific Tips
- Abstracts
- Cover Letters
- Lab Reports and Scientific Papers
- Literature Papers
- Personal Statements
- Proposals
- Resumes
- Summaries