ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders among students, and because the Writing Center is a service that works for the student body, it is…
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.
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Let’s Write a Thesis
This Winter Quarter (2023-24) I have been working on my senior thesis research paper. This paper is expected to be 20-40 pages long and is the longest…
I wanted to know if there were any principles or theories about tutoring creative writing, as opposed to academic writing. There aren’t many pieces of scholarship on…
Prioritizing what a writer says is far more important than how they actually say it. This is especially true when approaching culturally informed writing as a Writing…
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Eco-Writing with Grace V.
Grace V. is a Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse MA student at DePaul University. She is a passionate environmentalist and advocate for eco-friendly practices. I talked with her…
Writers Guild is and has been an important part of the Writing Center for years and was one of the first places where I was exposed to…
I talked with Writing Center tutor Nic J. about their favorite genre of writing: Flash Fiction and Flash Non-fiction! Nic is a graduate student in DePaul University’s…
Nena T. is a writing tutor at DePaul University’s Writing Center. She is majoring in Health Sciences with a focus in Public Health. We talked about her…
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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…
At one point or another, you will open WC Online and find that a writer wants your advice on making an essay more “personal.” Maybe a writer…