CVs, Résumés and Cover Letters: What to Include
Understand the different purposes of a CV, résumé and cover letter, and choose relevant sections for the application and country you are targeting.
The writing library
Writing guides
Practical advice on planning, writing and revising your work. Explore the guides by subject or search for a particular question.
15 writing guides
Fantasy Writing and Editing
Build a fantasy world through consistent rules, purposeful detail and characters whose choices connect the setting to the story.
Graduate School Applications: A Writing Checklist
Prepare graduate applications with a programme-specific checklist, accurate materials and a personal statement that connects experience to your aims.
How to Write a Clear CV or Résumé
Present relevant experience in a clear CV or résumé, with specific evidence, consistent formatting and a final check against the application requirements.
How to Write a Crime Novel
Plan a crime novel with a credible central event, a clear investigation, meaningful clues and a resolution supported by the story’s evidence.
How to Write a Good Literary Criticism Paper
Plan a literary criticism paper through close reading, a focused question, textual evidence and a clear argument with purposeful paragraphs.
How to Write a Good Short Story
Plan and revise a short story with a focused conflict, purposeful setting and a clear connection between the character’s choices and the ending.
How to Write a Practical How-to Book
Create a practical how-to book with a defined reader, clear outcomes, ordered steps and examples that can be tested against the intended task.
How to Write an Application Essay
Write an application essay that answers the prompt, uses specific evidence and explains the connection between your experience and the programme.
How to Write Historical Fiction
Write historical fiction with a focused period, researched details and believable characters, while separating documented facts from invention.
Scientific Nomenclature: Names, Symbols and Style
Check scientific names, human gene symbols and virus terminology using the relevant nomenclature authorities and the target journal’s instructions.
Tips on Character Development in Novels
Develop novel characters through motives, meaningful choices and believable changes, and reveal their personality through scenes rather than long explanations.
Writing and Editing a Memoir
Shape a memoir around a focused experience, a clear purpose and honest reflection, while distinguishing remembered events from reconstructed detail.
Writing and Editing Mystery Fiction
Write a mystery with a credible hidden event, a purposeful investigation and clues that support the eventual explanation without relying on coincidence.
Writing Contemporary Romance
Develop a contemporary romance around a central relationship, credible motivations and an emotional resolution that fits the intended readership.
No matching pages
Try a shorter search or choose another audience. You can also ask us about your document.