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Tameri Guide for Writers focuses on creative writing for general audiences. The Tameri site is dedicated to writers, editors, instructors, and students. Our website covers the writing, editing, formatting, and marketing of literary and dramatic works.

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• Writing
• Editing
• Formatting
• Designing
• Marketing
• Teaching
• Additional Pages

Writing

Elements of Stories

• Form and Genre: Selecting the right form

The Small Parts

• Stellar Sentences
• Painless Paragraphs

Bigger Parts

• Plot and Story: How events advance a story
• Conflict
• Theme
• Characterization
• Point of View
• Dialogue
• Setting
• Scene
• Description

General

• Effective Writing: Appealing to more readers
• The Writing Process: How to get the words out

Fun with Words

• Word Building Blocks: The Latin & Greek “roots” of English
• Cool English: Words they put on tests
• Cool Latin: Latin phrases to impress editors
• Cool French: Some readers like French
• “Academic” Language: Avoiding pretentious writing

Editing

Grammar

• Basic Grammar
  
• Nouns and Pronouns
• Verbs - Regular
• Verbs - Irregular
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Interjections
• Doubles
• Common Grammar Errors
• A Grammarian’s Lexicon

Spelling and Usage

• Commonly Misspelled Words
• Latin and Greek Roots
• Words and Phrases to Kill
• Word Usage (and Abusage)
• Stylebook Basics

Sentences and Punctuation

• Punctuation
• Sentence Structures
• Phrases & Clauses
• Various Writing Topics

Formatting

Manuscripts

• Manuscript Lengths
• Non-Fiction Books
• Fiction Books
• Articles and Short Works
• Professional Journals
• Short Fiction
• Screenplays
• Stage Plays

Layout and Design

• A Designer’s Lexicon

Marketing

• Composing a Query Letter
• Dealing with Agents
• Know the Market

Freelancing

• Setting Your Rates
• Exploring New (Media) Markets
• Time Estimates

• Copyrights and Release Rights
• Who Does What in Publishing

Teaching

Learning Theory

• Bloom’s Taxonomy

Evaluation

• Ranking Error Severity
• Calculating Reading and Writing Levels
• Sample Grading Rubrics

The (Academic) Writing Process

• Writing Exercises
• Reasoning in Academic Papers
• Academic Writing Process Chart
• Revising and Editing Academic Papers
• An Example Draft Checklist

Other Topics

• Workshop Guides
• Web Links for Composition Instructors

Additional Topics

 

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