Have you read the latest issue of The Page, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research’s e-newsletter? In this nicely designed PDF, you’ll learn more about what the Collaborative’s members have been up to. For instance, the Collaborative has recently … Continue reading
What’s this, another post about procrastination during finals season? A total surprise, I know. But, dear UCWbLers, I have something to confess: I had a really hard time writing this post. I too have finals work that I should be … Continue reading
Did you spill coffee on the pages of Wuthering Heights? Did the campus book store clerk reject your pristine copy of Intro. to Biology, claiming that a new and improved edition will be used next quarter? Many of us have been there.
Does anyone use 750words.com? I came across an article in the Writing Lab Newsletter this week that explains and discusses the “web-based application.” Jackie Grutsch McKinney from Ball State University claims, “[750words.com] has made a daily writer out of me … Continue reading
From this past Friday, 11.11.11, the Scrawl team discussed the news of the momentous day. For this word of the day, there is a twist! Not only does the SCRAWL team have to figure out their own word of the … Continue reading
One tutoring technique I find useful, whether the appointment is written or face-to-face, is asking a question as a way of overcoming an obstacle. It is not unusual to encounter a sentence that has multiple meanings, or is so overwritten … Continue reading
With the closing of Borders, it’s starting to seem like there are more used bookstores in Chicago than first-hand bookstores. Certainly used bookstores ARE “green” — keeping paper out of landfills — and are exemplars of recycling — paper, of … Continue reading
I’ve never read Moby-Dick. Yes. I’m an English major, and I haven’t read it. It wasn’t assigned in high school, and the quarter system here at DePaul just doesn’t seem to lend itself to a highly involved and intellectual read. … Continue reading
We’ve all had it happen. You’ve had four face-to-face appointments so far today, your eyes hurt from staring at your computer screen, and in walks your next writer. You want to give them your best and help them with this … Continue reading
Beyond the typographical errors (or stylistic choices? Hey, he’s following his own tip number 13.) of Jack Kerouac’s “Belief and Technique for Modern Prose” lie gems of wisdom, and some of the same advice peer writing tutors often dispense. Here … Continue reading