I have to admit that It has been quite a while since I have been in school (25 years) and I am enamored by the plethora of websites (commonly referred to as writing tools) that are available to help a writer out these days.

As a very novice writer, I have had the “opportunity” to use a pretty wide variety of the websites and I’ll tell you about my two favorites.

Coming in at the top of my list is www.bibme.com. I love this website because I can never remember how to properly cite in MLA format.  With just a few clicks of the mouse, the website provides me with the proper citation every time.

My next favorite is a website owl.purdue.edu. This cite has much more to do with the actual learning process than just a “shortcut website”. On this website, you can learn as much or as little as you want about writing. They seem to have it all covered. Lessons on grammar, spelling, formatting, and punctuation are all right here at my fingertips.

As a new (old) student, I am very thankful for websites (writing tools) like these. What writing tools do you use and what do you use them for?