During some of my recent appointments at The Writing Center, I’ve noticed many writers working on E-Portfolios are unfamiliar with the concept of visual rhetoric. Visual rhetoric…
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In the words of my favorite guilty pleasure movie, Talledega Nights, “I don’t even know what [it] means but I love it!” Well, that’s not entirely true.…
Hello Scrawl Nation! For this week’s episode of Scrawl Radio, we talked about marketing for large events, like music festivals! Just outside the studio, the DePaul Activities…
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Music Influences Writing
Coffee shops have long been associated with writing, art, and ideas. The mild level of chatter and espresso machines are just the right level of noise most…
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Sustainable Scrawling
For those who don’t know, Scrawl–the UCWbL’s radio show–is live every Friday at 11am on Radio DePaul. When you’re told to listen to a writing center’s radio…
Last week I finally got my Chicago Public Library (CPL) card at the Sulzer Regional Library in Ravenswood. If you live in Chicago or if you are…
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Rap Metrics. Wow.
I just discovered a fellow WordPress blog called RapMETRICS. It’s an amazing site. The site’s sole credited writer, rapmetrics, who I’m fairly sure is Liban Ali Yusuf,…
Generally I put music on when I write. I avoid music with lyrics almost always. I generally start with 1950s and 1960s jazz like Bill Evans or…
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White noise
What is your favorite music to listen to while you write? Click “Continue reading” to take the poll  and/or leave a comment.