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Peer Writing Tutoring

Working with PR Writers (and Beyond) at the UCWbL

At the UCWbL, we work with writers from a variety of different academic and professional disciplines. Yet, for the most part, when I talk to friends and…

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Multilingualism

American Horror Story Helped Revise My Team’s Mission

Inspiration and motivation for reflection, reevaluation, and assessment can come from anything. Personally, I find the out-of-nowhere and seemingly random opportunities for reflection to be the most…

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Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

What’s your Type?

On Friday, October 3, 2014, an UCWbL leadership meeting merged with a freshmen EDGE  student meeting, which was led by Sarah Carbone, Assistant Director of Student Employment…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Uncovering Your Tacit Knowledge

As students, teachers, and writers, we know many things.  We know about events. We know information and data and facts.  Most likely, we are familiar with this…

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Writing about Writing

The Merits of Being Awful

Lit magazines are the heart of collegiate writing, especially for creative writers. Where else will self-conscious english majors be able to get their writing published? Getting published…

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Research

Don’t Write Off Pre-Literate Cultures

Recently in my political science class, we had a discussion about George Stewart’s science fiction classic, Earth Abides. In the book, an unknown disease wipes out nearly…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

My Advice: Don’t Take Any Advice At All

        I recently discovered this lovely blog consisting of pictures of authors scribbling advice for aspiring writers on their hands. The authors are mainly fantasy authors, but…

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Writing about Writing

The Art of Revision

I am a writer. I write — and up until last year, I absolutely, under no circumstances, did not re-write.

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Writing about Writing

Announcing Global Voices

Narratives, photographs, reflections, research…Global Voices has it all!  Click here to access this years issue and to enjoy the work of DePaul University’s talented multilingual community. Global…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Sitting on Top of the World: How to Think Like an Administrator

I’m gonna let you in on a secret.  You might not notice it as you and your tutor talk about your paper, but around this time of…