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Writing about Writing

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…

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Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Scrawl Radio

Scrawl S19 E5: Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit

Good Day Scrawl Nation! Today we sat down with our fellow peer tutors, Will and Andrew, to chat about the Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit! The Peer…

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Multilingualism Peer Writing Tutoring

New UCWbLers, New Teams

As new members of a team and relatively new peer tutors, Shelley M. and I (Emily Po.) reflected on some of our first shifts as UCWbLers, appointments…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Respect Our Authoritah: Tutor Authority

A writer sat down for his session and told me that he’d been working in finance for years, and he was only enrolled in the School for…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Toeing the Line of Professionalism

If you’re like me, then working in a writing center is the first time you have worked in a place where you might have to face a…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring

“The Deflector” | Episode 2 of The Breakroom

Charlotte, Dubs, and Zorno are back for the second episode of DePaul’s newest web series of writing center videos, The Breakroom. “The Deflector” addresses the need to establish…

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Research Team to Present at MWCA Conference This Week

Exciting things are happening for the Research Team, not the least of which is our upcoming presentation at this year’s Midwest Writing Centers Association conference. This year…