Christopher Paolini and
Eragon: A Homeschool Success Story
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
Like so many homeschoolers, Christopher tackles projects by educating
himself. He read several books on the craft of writing,
and then devised a plot for the "Inheritance Trilogy",
three books that would follow the adventures of Eragon, a teenage
boy who is befriended by a dragon named Saphira.
Welcome to college. Now start an argument.
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
Of all the advantages homeschoolers have over their public school friends, none exceeds their better understanding of the purpose of scholarship. By Stephen Combs.
The Writing Process: Easy
as 1-2-3-4-5
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
Don't stress over writing! Follow these steps. Remain calm. You
will be able to write beautifully! By Kim Kautzer, from WriteShop.
ABC's
of the Writing Process
The purpose of this site is to provide a user
friendly online resource, for students or teachers, no matter
what they are being challenged to write.
Can
young writers get published?
Yes! The possibilities for young writers are somewhat more limited
than for adults, but there are ways that young people can get
published. By Karen Bledsoe, children's book author.
Celtx
Other than a great idea and the will to to keep writing one of the things professional screen writers are always seeking is a good script writing program, one that formulates the proper headings, structure, etc.; fortunately there is this great and free program. Windows, Mac, and Linux formats.
Dragon
Writing Prompts
Unschool writing with these interesting prompts to get you started.
English
Composition 2: The HyperTextBook
A college level course online. Free version offered with no tests
and no credit. If you want these, you must register for the course
at the College of DuPage. Site log in helpful, as it helps to
track your progress through the course material and allows you
to take notes and save them online.
Essay Info
We offer a framework for how to analyze essays, from their overall
structure down to individual words. You become a better writer
primarily by reflecting and analyzing rather than memorizing.
Essay Wizard
You can correspond with the Essay Wizard (Really an English Teacher)
until you get your college admission essay just right.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
Dr. Charles Darling takes you from the word and sentence level
right through essay and research paper writing.
Guide
to Writing a Basic Essay
If you follow a few simple steps, you will find that the essay
almost writes itself. You will be responsible only for supplying
ideas, which are the important part of the essay anyway.
How
to Organize a Research Paper and Document It with MLA Citations
This web site is written for beginning writers. It refers students
to important web sites on the Internet. It also attempts to help
them organize a research paper and document its sources in a
bibliographic format recommended by the Modern Language Association,
MLA.
Learning
to Write Without School
Until a few weeks ago, I had never attended school. My entire
education, and my entire development as a reader, writer and
thinker, was solely dependent on the teachings of my ex-English
teacher mother, my eccentric father, and myself. By Aj DeBee,
HEM J/A 02.
Merlyn's Pen
Hype has elbowed into every room in the house, into every home
in the neighborhood. So to find one fresh voice, even one fresh
image, is cause to celebrate. We can celebrate here. Fiction,
essays and poems by America's youth.
Online
Writing Lab
Our OWL is a cyberextension of the Purdue University Writing
Lab, under the direction of Muriel (Mickey) Harris. The OWL site
contains over 500 pages of handouts, tutorials, and workshops
and hundreds of links to other writing resources across the World
Wide Web.
Paradigm Online Writing
Assistant
An interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook
distributed freely over the web.
Plagiarism:
What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
Plagiarism is using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging
the source of that information.
Principles
of Composition
Digital handouts on how to get started in the writing process,
how to edit (and check for errors in logic), how to begin and
conclude, and how to format papers. There is a separate section
for several different kinds of essays.
Tips on Writing the Admissions
Essay
It may be only 500 words, but the admissions essay portion of
a college application can mean the difference between acceptance
and rejection. Content provided by EssayEdge.
The University of
Victoria Writer's Guide
Originally prepared for students in the English Department at
the University of Victoria, the Guide is an introduction to the
process of writing and to the study of literature.
Writing.Com
We're an online community for writers of all ages, interests
and skill levels. Anyone may create a free portfolio and exchange
feedback with other writers.