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Add free, open Writing subjects Web Site Organization (if any) Degree / Non-degree Instructor's Name Location Other Info Language Tags
Becoming Digital: Writing about Media Change http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-784-becoming-digital-writing-about-media-change-fall-2009/ MIT non-degree Dr. Ben Miller Browser Start anytime English undergraduate
Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-747-classical-rhetoric-and-modern-political-discourse-fall-2009/ MIT non-degree Prof. Leslie Perelman Browser Start anytime English undergraduate
The Creative Spark http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-730-2Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm MIT non-degree Prof. Karen Boiko Browser Start anytime English
Expository Writing: Autobiography - Theory and Practice http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-730-3Spring2001/CourseHome/index.htm MIT non-degree Prof. Elizabeth Fox Browser Start anytime English
Expository Writing: Exploring Social and Ethical Issues through Film and Print http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-730-1Expository-Writing--Exploring-Social-and-Ethical-Issues-through-Film-and-PrintFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm MIT non-degree Andrea Walsh Browser Start anytime English
Genre Fiction Workshop http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-758-genre-fiction-workshop-spring-2013/ MIT non-degree Shariann Lewitt Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Playwrights' Workshop http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-785-playwrights-workshop-spring-2012/ MIT non-degree Prof. Alan Brody Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Playwriting I http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-604-playwriting-i-spring-2005/ Laura Harrington non-degree MIT Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Rhetoric http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-747-1-rhetoric-spring-2010/ MIT non-degree Dr. Steven Strang Browser Start anytime English undergraduate
Science Writing and New Media http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-732-science-writing-and-new-media-fall-2010/ MIT non-degree David Custer, Elizabeth A. Page Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Script Analysis http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-710-script-analysis-fall-2011/ MIT non-degree Prof. Alan Brody Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Writing about Literature http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-000j-writing-about-literature-fall-2010/ MIT non-degree Dr. Wyn Kelley Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Writing About Race http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-742-writing-about-race-spring-2013/ MIT non-degree Dr. Sarah E. King Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Writing and Experience: Crossing Borders http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-731-2-writing-and-experience-crossing-borders-fall-2010/ MIT non-degree Dr. Rebecca Blevins Faery Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Writing and Humanistic Studies' Courses http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/ MIT non-degree Browser Start anytime English undergraduate, graduate
Writing and Reading Short Stories http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-755Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm MIT non-degree Shariann Lewitt Browser Start anytime English
Writing and Rhetoric: Writing about Sports http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-015-writing-and-rhetoric-writing-about-sports-fall-2013/ MIT OCW non-degree Dr. Karen Boiko Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Writing on Contemporary Issues: Social and Ethical Issues http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-730-writing-on-contemporary-issues-social-and-ethical-issues-spring-2010/ MIT non-degree Dr. Andrea Walsh Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Writing Workshop http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-292-writing-workshop-spring-2008/ MIT non-degree Jessica Young Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Course's Name http:// non-degree Browser Start anytime English






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Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

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Strunk, William, and Elwyn Brooks White. 2008 (1918). Elements of Style. Penguin.


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Write your own academic sentence. 2013. Write your own academic sentence. Chicago, IL: writing-program.uchicago.edu/toys/randomsentence/write-sentence.htm.


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Corbett, Steven J. 2011. Technology and Teaching. July 25. Inside Higher Education.

Essid, Joe and Fran Wilde. 2011?. Building a Collaborative Online Literary Experience. Educause.

Scott, Andrea. 2013. "Formulating a Thesis," Writing Commons (forthcoming in Spring 2013). San Francisco, CA: academia.edu.

Kit, Borys. 2012. Screenwriting for Third Graders. February 21. Los Angeles: CA: Hollywood Reporter.

Matson, Clive. 1998. Let the Crazy Child Write: Finding Your Creative Writing Voice. (Google Books). Novato, CA: New World Library.

Price, Richard. 2012. Tips On How To Write Philosophy Essays. San Francisco, CA: Academia.edu.

Tippins, Robyn. 2011. Tips for Improving Your Writing Skills. November 8. Sleepy Blogger.

Upper, Dennis. 1974. The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of “writer's block”. 1974 Fall; 7(3): 497. J Appl Behav Anal.

Wormuth, Martina. 2012. Why Blogging is Different than Academic Writing. January 24. Sleepy Blogger.


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The Writing University Podcasts. 2014. The Writing Univeristy Podcasts. Iowa: writinguniversity.org/podcast.


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Guidelines for Writing a Lab Report. 2007. Guidelines for Writing a Lab Report. Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.

Guidelines For Writing Up Your Research. 2010. Guidelines For Writing Up Your Research. Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.

Hoffman, Gordy. 2006. Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!). simplyscripts.com

Research Paper Style Sheet. 2012. Research Paper Style Sheet. Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.

Screenwriting.info. 2011. Screenwriting.info. screenwriting.info.

University of Chicago Writing Program. 2013. [1]. Chicago, IL: writing-program.uchicago.edu/.

Write Better. 2012. Write Better. Cambridge, MA: http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school.

Writing Commons. 2013. Writing Commons. (Our primary goal is to provide the resources college students need to improve their writing, research, and critical thinking). writingcommons.org/.


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Classical unities in drama. 2011. Classical unities in drama. Wikipedia.

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