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Graduation!! …Wait, NOW WHAT? (Scrawl S10 E08)

Hello Scrawl Nation! This time of year is always bittersweet for the UCWbL –when graduating seniors say their goodbyes to DePaul.  It’s an exciting time, but students…

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Writing about Writing

Door Mats and Matadors: What Frank Underwood Taught Me about Writing

The new season of House of Cards was released on Valentine’s Day, marking the return of the duplicitous Frank Underwood on his quest for power. In the…

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New Media Research Writing about Writing

On Open Access Scholarship

“Open Science, Open Minds.” That’s the slogan of Intech, an online resource with a wealth of science journals (and books) available for download, for free! I remember stumbling…

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Writing about Writing

Stay in & Chat with a Tutor!

With all this precipitation, trudging through the snow to the Writing Center might seem a little daunting. Luckily, the Writing Center is only a click away! The…

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Writing about Writing

Creative Prompts for Writing

When you’re running short of ideas for your writing, there are a few methods via which you can try to get over the proverbial block that sits…

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New Media Writing about Writing

Writing.com

I know I frequently offer websites to you all that I think will be useful to writers. But today I found one that I myself am going…

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Writing about Writing

Agents, Contests, Jobs, and Journals: Resources for Writers

Sifting through the clutter of literary contests posted online or catalogued in different publications can be a very daunting task for writers who wish to submit their…

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New Media

Live Mocha

Last week I told you guys about SharedTalk. Apparently, another free site with similar goals but different features exists as well, known as LiveMocha.com. Live Mocha is…

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New Media Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Camp NaNoWriMo

Hello there writers. For those of you who don’t know, NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month—is an annual challenge for writers to write a novel (or 50,000 words of…

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New Media Writing about Writing

Shared Talk

Are you studying a foreign language? Have you always wanted to become pen-pals with someone else who speaks the language, but don’t know very many people? And/or…