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Multilingual Mics Episode 2: Feeling Creative? Writing in Other Languages

June 7, 2013

Hey everybody! Multilingual Mics is back with our second (and final) episode of the school year! This week in “Feeling Creative? Writing in Other Languages,” we sat down to talk about those who write creatively in a language other than … Continue reading →

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Sincerely Abby – (Scrawl S7 E8)

June 4, 2013

Hello Scrawl Nation! This week Scrawl invited UCWbLer Abby Plante to the studio to talk about her experience with screenwriting, moving to California, and plans for the future. She explained her writing process and offered her weekly words of wisdom. Enjoy … Continue reading →

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Check out the brand new DePaul Writers Guild website!

June 3, 2013

Thanks to the efforts of the UCWbL dynamic duo Mark Brand and Mark Jacobs, the DePaul Writers Guild has a website for your viewing and reading enjoyment.

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Your new favorite adverb in digital design

May 30, 2013

One of the latest trends in new media weds simplicity and aesthetics together: mobile-friendly one-page websites.  But what can you do with only one page?  More than you might think.  Onepagelove.com curates some of the most gorgeous one-page websites out … Continue reading →

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Check Out Thursday’s Open Mic Night at the Bourgeois Pig Cafe!

May 29, 2013

Thursday evening from 8 – 10 pm, The Bourgeois Pig Cafe will be hosting an open mic for poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Anyone interested in hearing and/or reading some original creative work is welcome!

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Can you teach creativity?

May 29, 2013

In the June 2013 issue of Harper’s, columnist Thomas Frank approaches this question from a refreshing angle: it turns out we’re pretty confident that you can teach creativity, for just think of how many books have been published to cash in … Continue reading →

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Workshops: Dig It, Do It, Do It Again – (Scrawl S7 E7)

May 28, 2013

Hello Scrawl Nation! This week we invited fellow UCWbLer Elizabeth Kerper  to the studio to talk about writing workshops. We brought up our own workshopping experiences both positive and negative. Elizabeth described the different workshops that the UCWbL offers for writers … Continue reading →

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Between tweets and longreads: A happy medium

May 23, 2013

I’ll be honest – I used to be a hardcore Twitter snob. I used to be avowedly anti-Twitter, turning my nose to those who used the social networking site. I thought that it seemed narcissistic to blast your opinions into … Continue reading →

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Multilingual Mics

Multilingual Mics Launches!

May 23, 2013

We here at the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research are excited to publish the first ever episode of our new podcast, Multilingual Mics! We’ll be talking about language, culture, the awesome things that the CMWR does and the awesome … Continue reading →

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Declare War on Writer’s Block! : Trends and New Ideas for Short Story Prompts

May 22, 2013

“A mad scientist approaches you with an offer—he will heighten one of your senses, but it will make one of your other senses duller. It isn’t optional; he’s going to perform the surgery anyway, but you get to choose which … Continue reading →

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