Grow your
writing style.

Become a more confident writer by taking courses on the key principles of academic writing.

Your Academic Writing Guide

The Nature of Writing is a comprehensive writing manual.

Succeed in University

Develop your writing skills and succeed in college and beyond. 

Access 110+ Exercises

Reinforce your learning by completing practice exercises.

Improve your Literacy

Improve your digital literacy and research skills.

The Nature of Writing

Access our complete writing guide as a single bundle.

Free Courses

In addition to our core writing guide, we offer a number of free courses on everything from rhetoric to analyzing literature.
“The Nature of Writing course is just the course I had been looking to take for quite a while now. It is comprehensive and thorough, easy to navigate, provides quizzes for each section, approachable and all that for a reasonable price. I am an English tutor and knew that I needed to refresh and even update my knowledge of grammar and writing. I would encourage any high school or university student and/or English or ESL teacher to take this course. It is self-paced and you can easily pick up where you left off at any time. I highly recommend this quality course.”
Kimberbly Fremmerlid,
English tutor
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Author and Sessional Instructor
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