Resources - The Writer’s Desk

There’s a great Latin phrase used in the study of art history; ‘Horror vacui’ meaning ‘fear of empty space’. At some point, most writers, staring at a blank page or screen will associate with that ‘horror’. You try to think of something to write and …just …nothing …comes.

Our writer’s resources are full of articles and tools to inspire you and bust any blocks between you and an eloquent, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entertaining, enthralling, and exciting presentation (I found an alliteration dictionary!).

Helpful blogs, sites and pages for the presentation writer.

Grammar Girl
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com

Daily Writing tips
http://www.dailywritingtips.com

Get it Write
http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/tips.htm

Top Ten Tips for Nonfiction Writers
http://www.writersservices.com/services/s_top_ten_tips.htm

Writing Tips from Masters
http://www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/269/

Technical Writing Tips (PDF)
http://web.mit.edu/me-ugoffice/communication/technical-writing.pdf

Creativity Works
http://www.creativityworks.net/blog/

Men with Pens
https://menwithpens.ca/blog/

Pen and the Pad
https://penandthepad.com/6-types-figurative-language-7217812.html

Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/i-talked-to-150-writers-and-heres-the-best-advice-they-had/

How to Improve Your Business Writing
https://hbr.org/2014/11/how-to-improve-your-business-writing

Creative Writing advice and tips from Stephen King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwhOd65gGoY

Writing Forward
https://www.writingforward.com/

Writing Cooperative
https://writingcooperative.com/

Read submission: A reader, Dave, was kind enough to send along this note and link to a blog post that explains how grammar saves lives! After reading it, I vowed to pay more attention to my writing output!!!!! (Okay, that was one last use of "aggressive exclamation points").
Dave writes:
"I truly enjoyed your site! I discovered an article on why grammar is still so important and thought you might want to share it with your readers. Grammar is especially significant when working from home and since meetings are online, profiles are a reflection of ourselves, poor grammar will leave a bad impression. Here is the article I mentioned:

How Good Grammar Saves Lives and Other Reasons It’s Still Important
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/how-good-grammar-saves-lives-and-other-reasons-its-still-important/