Eco-Writing with Grace V.

Grace V. is a Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse MA student at DePaul University. She is a passionate environmentalist and advocate for eco-friendly practices. I talked with her…

Feedback Phobia

Navigating the Fear of Critique in Creative Writing: This quarter I gave myself a challenge: write and complete a short story. Growing up, I would always start…

The Singing Center

Applying Writing Center Core Beliefs to Singing I love to sing. In fact, I love to sing almost as much as Buddy the Elf does; however, not…

How Can We Tutor Poetry?

When I talk to other tutors about helping writers with poetry, I’m usually met with one of two, opposing reactions: total excitement and curiosity, or extreme intimidation….

Asking for Help

I’m sure we’ve all been there before – you’re in class, you’ve just completed a lecture, and you’re feeling very confused about what it is you just…

How Space Talks

Most—if not all—of us tutors are used to rhetorical analyses: looking not so much at what an author is saying, but rather how they say it. However, what we’re less used…

Context is Key

As peer writing tutors, we’re often taught how to best help our authors with growing into their skills and cultivating their truest vision for a draft or…

An Audience of One

Sometimes I cannot bring myself to write. Sometimes I cannot bring myself to write at all. I sit at the chair with an empty mind and shake…

Thank You UCWbL

I still remember to this day, seeing DePaul’s University Center for Writing-based learning (UCWbL) hiring sign in the window of SAC 212. I was a —slightly younger…

Relearning to Write

My transition into college life was a rocky one. I came to Chicago from a small, central Illinois Catholic high school, where I knew everyone at my…

Choosing a Citation Style

Picture this: you receive the assignment guidelines and rubric for an upcoming written assignment. Your professor requires in-text citations and a Works Cited or References page at…

Assimilation Ain’t It.

At the Writing Center, we strive to create a space that is safe for all writers. This means accommodating each appointment to the individual writer we are…

Anti-Racist Tutoring

As tutors at a Writing Center, we have duties to work toward anti-racism at the University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL). Historically, writing centers have been founded…