The above, which reads ‘watashi,’ means simply “I.” It took my colleague and I two weeks to appreciate this, and we have far from mastered its use.…
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Retired UCWbLing Editor
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The Art of Revision
I am a writer. I write — and up until last year, I absolutely, under no circumstances, did not re-write.
This Friday, you might actually get some work done. The Writing Center is now open on Fridays, in the Loop, from 12 to 5. Come visit us…
For a while now I have been asking myself how I can make a career out of my writing. My immediate answer would be to write novels…
Unfairness, thy name is unpaid internship. During one conversation appointment this week, I fell into something of a difficulty: having to explain why I had done so…
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Blogging on Blogging
Blogs, blogging and bloggers all have a certain stigma attached to them. From “bored housewives” to “creepy internet stalkers”, the blog world usually gets a bad reputation.…
People, papers, and red pens. This is what we new tutors envisioned going into the application process to become a Writing Center Tutor. Because the application process…
Most of us have heard by now of the many books that Americans have tried to get banned—and have even succeeded in banning—over the years. Some of…
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Eat, Breathe, Write
I write because I have to. This isn’t because I’m in school and I am assigned to. I write because it is the best way I know…
Throughout the first few weeks of my involvement in the Writing Center, much of my attention has been devoted to familiarizing myself with UCWbL logistics and becoming…