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Plain Writing at the National Archives

The National Archives is committed to improving our service to the public. We will use plain language in all our communications so that the ...

Writing Archives - Open Culture

“First developed around 3200 B.C. by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk, in present-day Iraq, as a means of recording transactions, cuneiform ...

Using Archives to (Re)Write History - SFWA

In this article, I'll make the case for archival research as a tool for SFF writers. I'll explain broadly what archives are and how to use ...

Conducting Archival Research

Archives are documents that are no longer needed for their original purpose, yet have significant informational and evidential value for the purpose of writing ...

Archives-Based Writing Prompts - Archives and Creative Writing

Creative Prompts · Erasure poetry · Found poetry · Consider using anaphora or writing a sestina using language from your source · Imagine the ...

Finding and using Archives for Creative Writing

This guide aims to show you how to get started with your archival research. Which Archives might I want to use? Local record offices hold records for the local ...

Publishing in the Archives Profession – A blog about scholarship ...

A blog about scholarship, writing, and publishing for archivists.

At Work in the Archives: Place-Based Research and Writing

This chapter outlines a plan for incorporating primary and archival research into first year writing course designs.

The Writer archives - The Online Books Page

The Online Books Page presents serial archive listings for The Writer. The Writer is a long-running American magazine on the craft of writing.

Writing the Archive - The Writing Squad

'Writing the Archive' is a creative project that interrogates the nature of the archive as a problematic space of procurement, violence and misinformation.

Reimagining the Archive — Corporeal Writing™ - Writing Workshops

Reimagining the Archive ... (A recording will be made available to all registrants for a limited period afterwards.) What does it mean to reimagine the archive?

Writer's Papers and Literary Records in Archives: Start Here

What is a "literary archives"? Literary archives refers to a collection of literary works created by writers, encompassing a wide variety of ...

Plain Writing Tips - Read Me! - National Archives

The reader should be able to tell at a glance what the document is, how it is organized, and where the important points are.

How To Create an Awesome Research Archive - Alyssa Hollingsworth

As a writer, I collect a lot of information. I've created a digital archive to organize my research, so it's easy to find when I need it.

Academic.Writing: Archives - The WAC Clearinghouse

Writing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Communication Across the Curriculum. The mission of this peer-reviewed, academic journal was to provide information ...

'Fictional Biographies': Creative writing and the Archive

This article considers the archive as a source of inspiration for creative writers, specifically focusing on how writing can highlight and expose silences ...

Project Spotlight– Writing The Archive - The Poetry Business

Fahad Al-Amoudi is a poet and editor of Ethiopian and Yemeni heritage based in London. His work is published in Poetry London, bath magg and Ink Sweat & Tears.

Teaching Creative Writing with Archives

This guide offers resources, prompts, and readings about how to use archival materials for creative writing projects.

Writers' and Artists' Papers – Collections - University of Reading

Writers' and Artists' Papers ... Many of the archives held in the Special Collections relate to creative practice. The greatest quantity of correspondence by ...

How to Archive Your Literary Papers - Mary Mackey

“archiving” your literary papers means much more than simply placing copies of your books in a library. A university archive is like a safe or a time capsule.