ADHD and the Writing Center
ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders among students, and because the Writing Center is a service that works for the student body, it is our duty…
Let’s Write a Thesis
This Winter Quarter (2023-24) I have been working on my senior thesis research paper. This paper is expected to be 20-40 pages long and is the longest project I…
Tutoring and Stage Directing
Preface I do not tend to direct particularly literary work. I think people often conflate Writing Center practices with editing plays. While I am a dramaturg and write dramaturgical analyses (and I love a…
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 about eco-writing, why it’s so important, and…
Reflections on Writers Guild
Writers Guild is and has been an important part of the Writing Center for years and was one of the first places where I was exposed to a creative writing community outside of the…
Flash Fiction & Memoir with Nic J.
I talked with Writing Center tutor Nic J. about their favorite genre of writing: Flash Fiction and Flash Non-fiction! Nic is a graduate student in DePaul University’s Creative Writing and Publishing program. They have…
Research Writing with Nena T.
Nena T. is a writing tutor at DePaul University’s Writing Center. She is majoring in Health Sciences with a focus in Public Health. We talked about her favorite genre of papers to write and…
Accessibility Friendly Practices in the Writing Center
Writing Centers in general and our Writing Center at DePaul have rightly become more focused in recent years on making sure our spaces and methods for helping writers are accessible to, ideally, anyone who…
Tutoring, Mentoring, and Teaching. What’s the Difference?
I’ve been a Writing Center peer tutor since my sophomore year at DePaul, and I can easily say that working here has been one of the most impactful experiences I’ve had in college. Many…
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 many drafts of a story, only to…
“Writing the Real”: Creative Approaches to Creative Nonfiction
At one point or another, you will open WC Online and find that a writer wants your advice on making an essay more “personal.” Maybe a writer needs feedback on a memoir-in-progress just before…
Obscure Citation Requirements
Have you ever been stumped when a writer asks how to cite a source you’ve never even considered citing in your own papers? Check out this list of unusual formatting requirements for APA and…
Writing Concisely
According to Grammarly, “Syntax in English is the arrangement of words and phrases in a specific order. If you change the position of even one word, it’s possible to change the meaning of the…
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 everybody shares the same feeling about singing…