Writing Guides

A writing guide is a document that helps teach you how to write a particular type of document. It can also be called a style guide. These guides enable you to format, design, and write documents. They also show you how to correctly cite sources, both in the text of your paper and in your works cited or bibliography. Whatever academic writing you are doing, your professor has already told you what style to use. MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian are the most common style guides. However, some colleges and universities may also have their own writing guides. You want…

Whatever academic writing you are doing, your professor has already told you what style to use. MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian are the most common style guides. However, some colleges and universities may also have their own writing guides. You want to adhere to all the rules outlined in that style guide. Our writing guides do not replace those style guides.

Instead, our writing guides provide a good list of instructions to write specific types of academic papers. They define the type of paper and outline the steps you should take to write that type of paper. They can be helpful, especially for students writing an unfamiliar kind of paper.

According to our customers, the most helpful parts of the writing guides are the outlines and examples. Each writing guide contains an outline. The outline is for a five-paragraph essay but can be expanded for a longer paper. The outline shows how you want to structure your introduction, conclusion, and body paragraphs. You can use the outline to structure your essay.

We also include examples of how to write parts of the paper. You can use the samples to see how to translate the structure of the outline into an actual paper. You can use the writing guides alone. However, they are even better when you pair them with one of the thousands of available example papers. The example papers can help you see how someone would suggest tackling a similar writing project.

How to Create a Good Literature Review

For term papers and research papers, you’ll need to write a literature review. If you’ve never had to do a literature review before, it can seem really difficult. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be complicated or hard to do. You can learn to produce great literature reviews that offer…

Guide to Writing a Dissertation

Steps to Completing a Dissertation

1. Choose a Good, Well-Defined Topic

If you aren’t focused on the topic you’re writing about, it will be much harder to create a good paper. That’s important to remember when you’re looking for the right topic. Don’t choose something that’s too broad. You need a…

How to Write a Good Term Paper (Updated for 2021)

What Is a Term Paper?
Term papers are popular assignments in high school and college. They are typically longer assignments than regular essays, and allow you to do in depth research. Many professors request term papers at several points throughout the year, especially at the ends of each…

Guide to Citing in APA Format

What is APA Style?
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the leading professional and research organization in the social sciences, which is why APA citation style is also the “gold standard” of document formatting for the social sciences.

APA citation style is not confined for use in the field of psychology….

Chicago Style Citation Guide

What Is Chicago Citation Style Citations?

Chicago citation style originally comes from the style guide used by the University of Chicago Press, which first started in 1891. Since then, the Chicago citation and Chicago style of formatting documents have become standard throughout the publishing industry and in academia.

When the…

Guide to Citing in MLA

What is MLA Citation Style?
The Modern Language Association (MLA) is one of the world’s most important, renowned, and prestigious academic associations in the literary arts. To ensure high quality and consistency of writing, the MLA has developed a method of formatting documents and citing references: known as…

How to Plan Your Essay

When you’ve been asked to write an essay, it can feel overwhelming. That’s especially true if you’re just getting started out in college and haven’t had to write that many essays before. You can also have trouble if you’re being asked to write on something you don’t know much…

Right Way to Plan your Dissertation

Planning a dissertation isn’t like planning a small research paper. Often, dissertations are 100 pages or more, and they can take a very long time to put together. That’s especially true if they’re for a doctoral level degree, where they have to be defended in front of a committee…

Working From a Thesis Statement

English: Working From a Thesis Statement

In order to be successful in English class, there are a lot of writing assignments you’ll have to do. Quite a few of them will ask you to present a thesis statement, and then work from that statement to create a great paper that…