• Writing Process: Brainstorming, revision, understanding your assignment, and more
• Essay Elements: Thesis statements, topic sentences, intros, and conclusions
• Academic Writing Expectations: Academic voice, analysis and elaboration, and more
• Incorporating Sources: Quotation guidelines, paraphrasing, and summary

• Specific Assignments: Writing with research, writing about literature, creative writing, application essays, ethnographies, and more
• Word & Sentence Level: Clarifying sentences, active vs. passive voice, comma splices, and more
• Select Vanderbilt Library Resources: Research guides, APA style and citation resources, and citation management software

• Understanding Your Assignment
• Active Reading Strategies
• Invention (aka Brainstorming)
• Finding Focus in a Writing Project

• Revision Strategies
• Questions to Ask When Revising a Paper
• Talking with Your Professor
• Coping with Writing Anxiety

• How Do I Write a Thesis Statement?
• Thesis Statement Checklist
• Refining Thesis Statements
• Writing Introductions

• Topic Sentences
• Structure of an Analytical Paragraph
• Writing Conclusions

• Academic Voice
• Analysis and Elaboration
• Avoiding Gender-Biased Language (currently unavailable during revision)

• Identifying and Evaluating Arguments
• Identifying Illogical Arguments

• Effective Quotes, Paraphrases, and Summaries
• Introducing and Contextualizing Quotations

• Quotation Grammar, Punctuation, and Style
• They Say, I Say Templates for Argumentation

• Structuring Your Research Paper
• General Structure of a Research Paper
• Formulating Your Research Question

• Approaches to Finding Sources
• Connecting Research to Your Writing

Writing about Literature

• How to Do a Close Reading of Fiction
• Writing About Poetry: Q&A
• How (and Why) Do I Write in Literary Present Tense?

Creative Writing

• Ignite the Creative Writing Process
• Questions to Ask When Writing Fiction and Poetry
• Show, Don’t Tell

Application Essays

• Application Essays
• Personal Statements
• Career Center resource: Picture Your Career – guidebook with dozens of interactive exercises

Ethnographies and Case Studies

• Writing Thick Descriptions and Taking Good Notes in the Field
• Ethnographies: Moving from Description to Analysis

• How Do I Write a Compare-Contrast Essay?
• Scientific Research Reports and Proposals
• Writing in a Foreign Language

• Writing a Lab Report
• Writing a Philosophy Paper
• Career Center resources: Resumes and CVs

• Apostrophe Trouble
• Clarifying Long, Complicated Sentences
• Dealing with Tricky Words
• Eliminating Unnecessary Words
• Passive and Active Voice

• Proofreading Tips
• Semi-colons
• Transitions
• What is a Comma Splice?

• Library Research Guides
• Citation Management software
• APA (7th ed.) Guide from Peabody Library
  • Elements of a Citation (APA)
  • APA Tutorials and Webinars
  • What’s New in the APA 7th Edition?
  • APA 7 Sample Student Paper

• APA Style FAQ from Peabody Library
  • General Questions on APA Style
  • Questions on the Format of an APA Paper
  • Questions on the Format of References
• Evaluating Web Sites
• Selecting the Right Resource