You were assigned a paper in one of your classes. It was nothing new to you; the length assigned by your instructor was about ten pages. You…
Category: Writing about Writing
Lessons, tips, and reflections on being writers; especially discussing the process of composing words, different genres and their related techniques, and meaningful glimpses into their growth as authors, tutors, and readers.
Although it is arguably the most important stage of the writing process, revision is often misunderstood or avoided altogether. Revision means thinking critically about the choices we’ve…
I talked about getting the writing process started with some prewriting strategies in my last post, so now we get to put the products of those strategies…
Last week, I talked about the writing process from a very broad perspective: prewriting, drafting, and revising. With a holistic view of the steps that go into…
When I was just starting out as a writing tutor, I was always concerned with whether I was giving the writers I worked with the “right” or…
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The Plight of the Cite
If you’re like me and you got to college relying on the EasyBib gods for your MLA Works Cited page, you were probably shaken to your very…
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Becoming a Published Author
Publication is an exciting opportunity that allows a writer to share their work with a broader audience and to establish themselves in their field. When I finished…
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Funny UCWbL Origin Stories
While some UCWbLers want to make sure that they dress to impress, other tutors are bold enough to remove their eyebrow during a job interview. Enjoy some…
Mad Libs are fun and zany, while traditional outlines can be tedious, limiting, and confusing. Although both involve filling in the blanks within a designated format, Mad…
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Zines 101
What is a zine? A zine is a genre that originally worked as a counter-culture method of information sharing. The format started as fan groups of media…