writing guide
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A writing guide is a document or resource that establishes standards for producing text in a particular context.
Style guides govern punctuation, grammar, and formatting for publications or organizations: The company's writing guide specifies Oxford commas.
More specialized guides address tone, voice, or domain-specific conventions: a writing guide for medical professionals.
The term also applies to instructional resources that teach composition skills rather than enforce standards.
- manualWritten instructions for use
- handbookCompact reference guide
- how-to bookInstructional guide for tasks
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- instructionsGuidance on how to proceed
tips · advice · style · draft · first draft · edit · red pen · pen · craft · prose · show don't tell · author · compose · revision · outline · template · format · grammar
- guidesguidebook, handbook, manual, walkthrough, how-to
- language referencesdictionary, thesaurus, dictionaries, glossary, lexicon
- learning resourcestutorials, library, textbook, courses, textbooks
- school materialstextbook, workbook, notebook, coursebook, math book
- stationerypen, pencil, paper, notebook, envelope
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, flash cards
writing guidedictionary
Alphabetical word reference
encyclopedia · reference book · thesaurus · creative writing · lexicon
writing guideautomatic writing
Text produced unconsciously
blank page · free writing · stream of consciousness · freewriting · creative freedom
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