Banned Books Week offers avid readers like ourselves the chance to rejoice in the literature that has been banned nationally over the years. For many, it’s a…
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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.
This fall quarter, I am in my Senior year Capstone course for the Geography department (GEO 300). For the nerdy academic types out there, the Capstone can…
Agenda Share: what blogs do you read? Discuss: why does the UCWbL have a blog? Brainstorm blog topics in groups Read & Reflect: “How to Write an…
Sorry for the delay, dear readers! Everybody here at the UCWbL has been super busy: between writing, reading, and moving, last Wednesday just so happened to be…
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7 Tips for Clearer Writing
Looking for ways to make your writing more concise? You’re not alone. Even the most accomplished wordsmith wants her meaning to be more apparent, her ideas more…
Joining the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research this past winter quarter has helped me achieve my professional, personal, and academic goals. More than that, it’s also…
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The UCWbL Treat Wednesday
I’m not sure if everybody knows, but the writing center is open this summer! We’re here in the loop on the 16th floor, so if you have…
You have something important to write and the web is your billboard. Unfortunately, it’s easy for even the most inspiring message, novel idea, or life-changing bit of…
It seems like this year UCWbLing has been filled with posts about music to listen to as you write. I for one am loving this trend; not…
Reflecting on my past appointments, I think that, sometimes, when a writer hasn’t wanted to be tutored or has been resistant to tutoring, it’s because they don’t…