“Writing is a dreadful labour, yet not so dreadful as idleness” (Thomas Carlyle).
Argument (video)
Moral Argument
Writing Philosophy Papers (video)
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 1: Introduction
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 2: Do’s and Don’t’s
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 3.1: Wondering Obstacles
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 3.2: How to Wonder A
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 3.3: How to Wonder B
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 3.3: How to Wonder C
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 3.4: How to Wonder D
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 4: Description vs. Reasoning
- Beginners Guide to Writing Philosophy 5: Grading
Classic Guides to Better Writing
- R.W. Burchfield. Fowler’s Modern English Usage . [Available in the NSU library collection.]
- Edward P.J. Corbett. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student .
- Bryan A. Garner. Garner’s Modern American Usage . [Available in the NSU library collection.]
- Anne Lamott. “Shitty First Drafts“.
- George Orwell. “ Politics and the English Language .”
- William Strunk and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. [Available in the NSU library collection.]
- Lynne Truss. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. [Available in the NSU library collection.]
- William Zinsser. On Writing Well . [Available in the NSU library collection.]
- “The First Draft of Anything is Shit“
- Francine Prose. It’s Harder Than it Looks to Write Clearly.
- Verlyn Klinkenborg. On Writing More Clearly.
Guides to Better Thinking
- Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. How to Read a Book. [Available in the NSU library collection.]
- D.Q. McInerny. Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking.
- Lewis Vaughn. Writing Philosophy: A Student’s Guide to Writing Philosophy Essays.
- Nigel Warburton. Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide.
Writing Help
- Pudue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Merriam-Webster
- Thesaurus, Phrases, and Quotations
- Grammar and Style Notes
- NSU Tutoring and Testing Services
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
- MLA
- Bartleby.com