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Pau-Ciloquent Drops the Mic (S3 E5)

Hello, Scrawl fans, Yes, yes, we know.  You cannot believe that we are already at the half-way point of the season! Jolly Korea’s henchman, err, front man,…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Taking Another Look At Editing as Tutoring

When I first signed up for my literary editing course, I didn’t really think it would have much in common with my tutoring job.  I mean, we’re…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Outpost and Short Tutorials: Challenges, Strategies, and Pitfalls

While it’s nice to finish a conference in under thirty minutes and return to meebo until the next student arrives at the outpost, short tutorials take a…

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Was That Alan Rickman? (Scrawl S3 E4)

On this wonderfully fresh episode of Scrawl, Alan Rickman reads the news, Lil John says “What,” and Tom Brokaw mumbles away. Yes, we got them in studio;…

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Writing about Writing

“Very Short Stories”: Composing and Prose on Twitter

Comedian Sean Hill is bringing new meaning to the term “short story.”  His tiny tales (all of them under the 140-character limit imposed by Twitter) are strangely…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Conferences and the Writing Process

Recently, I finally pushed past my fear of making purchases greater than a month’s rent and registered for this year’s Association of American Geographers (AAG) conference in…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Calling all Writers and Readers – Join the Guild!

If you’re a creative writer or reader of prose, poetry, screen or stage plays, come check out the DePaul Writer’s Guild led by UCWbL tutor and creative…