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"Legible" a blog from Legalwriting.net. Advice for lawyers and those writing legal documents, includes advice for writing e-mail memos, list of sources for legal writing

Rationale for tutor training.

University of Washington Bothell Writing and Communication Center blog, includes writikng prompts and writing resources

A resource bibliography of published materials on ESL (or non-native speakers of English) for use by staff in writing centers. Bibliography is available both in MLA and APA format.

ABSTRACT: "This paper reports the results of a study comparing the interactional dynamics of face-to-face and on-line peer-tutoring in writing by university students in Hong Kong. Transcripts of face-to-face tutoring sessions, as well as logs of on-line sessions conducted by the same peer-tutors, were coded for speech functions using a system based on Halliday's functional-semantic view of dialogue.Results show considerable differences between the interactional dynamics in on-line and face-to-face tutoring sessions. In particular, face-to-face interactions involved more hierarchal encounters in which tutors took control of the discourse, whereas on-line interactions were more egalitarian, with clients controlling the discourse more. Differences were also found in the topics participants chose to focus on in the two modes, with issues of grammar, vocabulary, and style taking precedence in face-to-face sessions and more "global" writing concerns like content and process being discussed more in on-line sessions." "

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"We are the Undergraduate Writing Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville! We assist undergraduate writers at all stages of the writing process, from getting started to editing and proofreading. Our Culture of Writing blog is a space for Writing Consultants, the UWC Director, and occasional guest authors to blog about writing and the writing center life at TAMUK."

Texas A&M--Kingsville Writing Center's blog, "Culture of Writing" 

a handout for writers in STEM fields who need to "show how their work is important, relevant and new"

Shelley Powers from the University of Texas at Austin talks about how consulting on technical writing projects can make liberal arts-trained writing consultants nervous. However, technical writing is more familiar territory than we might think.