by Randy Ray

Good writers enjoy reading. They also enjoy words, sentences, paragraphs, and pages. The following blogs offer useful (and sometimes funny) advice and perspectives on writing for writers. The blogs aren’t listed in any particular order, other than by category. I enjoyed reading all of them, but I didn’t feel the need to “rank” them. All of these blogs are worthwhile reading for aspiring writers of all kinds, fiction, nonfiction, literature, genre fiction, etc.

Writing Tips

These are blogs which offer writing tips and advice of every imaginable shape and size.

Word of the Day Blogs

Writing starts with words. Without words, you have no sentences or paragraphs. And having a command of the perfect word in the perfect situation will improve your writing. Here are some blogs which offer a new word each day. (I tend to like word of the day blogs which include the word, the pronunciation, the definition, and an example of the word in use. But not all word of the day resources offer all of those features.)

Grammar Blogs

Some creative types think grammar doesn’t matter. To them I would suggest that writing is not just an art, it’s also a craft, and mastering a craft includes understanding the rules of that craft. In writing, the rules are grammar. These grammar blogs offer fun, entertaining, and/or educational posts about how to improve your grammar.

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