Academic Writing Links

The Purdue University On-line Writing Lab (OWL) contains on-line exercises and comprehensive links to other resources for writing assistance. This is one of the best respected academic sites for writing help.

The Writing Machine is an interactive application from the University of Hong Kong. It includes tasks for you to do at every stage of the writing process.

Researchpaper.com has got some interesting advice on writing strategies.

The Centre for Independent Language Learning (CILL) at the Hong Kong PolyU has got some useful referencing & plagiarism as well as techniques for generating ideas and organising writing with mind-maps and journalistic questioning.

Jakob Nielsen's site at useit.com has many years' worth of practical advice on writing for the web.