General Writing

The General Writing Version is the perfect introduction to the world of WhiteSmoke, giving you full access to our advanced grammar and spelling engines, as well as text enrichment suggestions that are suitable for daily use. These core features are supported by a one-click English dictionary and thesaurus, and a whole range of letter writing templates. Whether you need quick and accurate grammar checking, an intelligent spell checker, or the help of WhiteSmoke's text enrichment to improve your writing style, you will find WhiteSmoke to be an indispensable companion any time that you need to write.

Simple Steps to Writing, Revising and Editing an essay

Writing a good essay requires refined critical thinking, which can be improved by experience. But one of the key elements to a good essay is form, and we are here to help you with it. There are numerous forms of writing that we face everyday. The following is an explanation of the process of writing in a simple and understandable way. An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is basically the same. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task.

Narrative Writing Strategies

Narrative writing means, essentially, writing that tells a story. It might be fiction, or non-fiction (as with writing personal narrative, or memoir writing). The main feature of narrative writing is that it spans time and has a plot--something happens that keeps readers reading to see what's next. A narrative often (but certainly not always) is written in chronological order. A narrative essay makes its point, or thesis, by telling a story. The story is usually true for the narrative essay, and might be an example, a case study, a way to organize an interview, or a way to show history through narrative. A narrative essay might, for example, tell the story of how Madame Curie discovered radium. However, usually a narrative essay has a point besides simply telling the story--perhaps in the example of Madame Curie, to demonstrate the contributions women made in science against particular odds.

The Stages of Writing

Any writing 101 course teaches that writing is an activity that takes time and cannot be treated as a one-step affair. They also know that readers expect much more than just correct grammar; they expect interesting, clearly written, and well organized content. The basic rule of writing says that you need to think about what you are going to write BEFORE you write and go over your writing a few times BEFORE sending it out or publishing it. This is because the act of writing is a complicated task, which involves many thought processes all going on at once. In order to produce written material more efficiently, these processes can be broken down into stages. These are defined differently by various approaches, with anywhere between 4 and 10 stages. We suggest the following six stages:

5 Tips for Proofreading Your Work

Proofreading is an important aspect of writing, whether you are writing a simple email, a memo, a resume, or a research paper. To make sure that you come up with excellently written materials, you should take the time to proofread your writing. Below are five simple proofreading tips you can use.

4 Tips for Writing an Invitation

Your invitation should be short, clear, and complete. The following are four things you should keep in mind when writing an invitation.