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Resources that one may wish to ask about on Writing include style guides, instruction manuals, podcasts, blogs, articles, and other means by which experts provide writing information.

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What are good reads about writing?

What do you recommend as reading material to improve writing for beginners? If one recommendation is put per answer and can be voted separately a good list of resources should build up.
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Podcasts useful for improving writing skills

Any podcasts that can help with writing skills? (One per answer please, I'll add my own fave to get started.)
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Writing style before Elements of Style

I am looking for the representative references on writing style in English that would pre-date Strunk and White's The Elements of Style (possibly in the period between 1750 - 2000). I would like to understand the evolution of what was taught to be…
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What are good writing newsletters to sign up for?

What are some good newsletters writers can sign up for? I signed up for Funds for Writers and Worldwide Freelance Writers because they have some excellent tips and advice for both freelance writers and fiction writers. What would be other…
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Are there any useful guides to writing stories based in RPG universes/aimed at a role playing audience?

It seems that the RPG genre of books and stories have standard components, that fans have come to expect to see from authors. Is there a definitive guide somewhere to these components, with instructions for a starting author?
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Are there any websites that show you the popularity and regional use of words?

There are some words and phrases in my manuscript that I think are used in America. However, a beta reader tells me my character sounds British. Are there any online sources I can use to check the popularity of a word or phrase and/or where it is…
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Online resources searchable for example sentences from literature

I know several sites that provide plenty of example sentences for a given word, but they are usually rather colloquial. I also have one dictionary that provides example sentences from classic English language literature for many entries, but it can…
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Books to improve writing skills

Could you Please recommend me interesting non-technical books i could read which will help me improve my writing skills?
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Is there a resource to help find the right connotative meaning?

I'm looking for a resource that will give connotative meanings (English) if one exists. I found http://www.connotative.com/ but despite the footer showing 2013 the images lead me to believe its highly dated and the Products link doesn't even work. I…
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Where to get critiques?

Possible Duplicate: Internet communities where I can read/rate/review short fiction, and post my own? Where can I get feedback on my writing? I have just begun learning about writing novels and I need somewhere which is 100% free and has a high…
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A peculiar problem in my writing skills

I have a problem and I'm not sure how common it is. I have often heard people say that reading will, just by pure habit, always develop the writing skills of a reader; that just by sheer recognition of style and function of how sentences are formed,…
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Is there any good exhaustive resource for finding idioms by theme?

Is there any good exhaustive resource for finding idioms by theme? I tried to google some, but the ones I found on google are not very exhaustive. They have maybe 500 idioms in total. I currently use Wiktionary, but I can only search by the word…
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How to attribute photos from Internet in book

I am writing technical book and wish to use photos from Internet. Not the ones that have watermarks on them, such as these. How to attribute these photos in book?
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Best Resources for Improving your craft?

The number one reason I unsubscribe from writer's newsletters is negative email headlines like Stop Procrastinating and Finally, You Can Finish Your Novel and 10 tips to focus better and finish in 2016 Why are there so many negative assumptions all…
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List of wars someone could be a part of, if they were born a certain date

I am trying to do research on a "military" character for a novel I am writing. I want him to have a great deal of combat experience, and in and out of many tours and wars. I am hoping I can have a resource that I can use to put in someones…
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