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Fred Meijer Center for Writing & Michigan Authors

Helpful Handouts

Collection of Writing Center Pens and Pins

Listed below are our writing center's helpful handouts on general writing issues, concerns, or strategies. We dedicate a lot of time and energy into keeping these updated, relevant, and helpful as often as we can - therefore, there may be changes or additions to your favorite handouts! Check them out, and enjoy. Feel free to:

  • Use them at home
  • Use them in class
  • Save them for yourself
  • Share them with a friend

Please note: if you see one with an * next to its title, that means the handout is available as a multi-modal handout (it could have a comic, be an illustrated form, or be graphically communicative in another way). A ** next to a title indicates that it is a link to an external resource.

The Resource Market

The Resource Market is part of Virtual Knowledge Market services and brings together resources from the Research Center, Speech Lab, Digital Creator Lab, and Writing Center to provide a wide range of self-guided support. The search bar auto populates with ideas based on your search terms and resources are designed to be easy to find and use.  

Process: What to Know

Form: Genre & Parts of Papers

Clarity: Grammar & Punctuation

These handouts can help you at any stage of the writing process, but they focus mainly on how you can prepare for writing (pre-writing support). 

These handouts will address questions regarding the content expected in certain genres (resumes, narratives, etc.) and what components must/should be included (titles, headings, etc.). 

These handouts will address questions regarding the editing & revising process. 

Style: Citations & Formatting

Samples: Shapes of Common Papers

Professional: Applications, Careers, and Scholarship

These links and handouts will help you compose/convert your paper into a designated style (APA, MLA, & Chicago).

These documents can give you an idea for the shape and form of common papers, assignments, and projects. 

These documents and links can help provide you with some examples for crafting more specialized pieces of writing, including Resumes,  Personal Statements, and more.

Page last modified June 18, 2026