Writing Help
Here you will find links to both TCP-developed material as wells as outside resources to help you get started on and guide you through various aspects and stages of the writing process.
TCP-Developed Resources
Points to Remember When Writing Any Technical Document
Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism
Other Online Resources
On-line Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey
The website contains an especially useful section entitled Power Revision Techniques, which provides discussion and examples pertaining to clear organization and sentence structure. Other useful sections provide examples of all types of technical writing: memos, short and long reports, progress reports, and the like. However, the examples are culled from student writing and are not always of the best quality.
TechComm Web
This is the website for technical communication by Mike Markel. Links at the website connect to examples of technical writing (memos, short reports, proposals, etc.) and to tutorials on the following subjects:
- Designing for the web
- Evaluating online sources
- Designing documents with a word processor
- Preparing presentation slides
- Preparing effective charts and graphs
Writing Exercises for Engineers and Scientists
These exercises will help you check your knowledge of basic sentence structure, and refine your use of punctuation to make your meaning clear.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
This website contains lessons on general points of grammar as they pertain to writing. The Power-Point presentations on grammar give useful information about such topics as sentence fragments and run-on sentences. In an attempt to enliven an otherwise deadly subject, the lessons overuse flying and dancing graphics, but the lessons will inform you as they keep you awake.
Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
For non-native speakers of English: This website provides a link to an excellent discussions of basic article (a, an, the) usage.
