They say possession is nine-tenths of the law. But nine-tenths of possession is culture. The ideas that surround and police concepts like “intellectual property” and “academic integrity”…
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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The Sounds of Writing
I was scrolling through UCWbLing, reading my fellow UCWbLer’s posts, and I stumbled onto Maddie Natzke’s piece from a few weeks ago. Maddie talked about the power…
Writers love to get into heated debates about the best environments for writing. Many insist that the only way to avoid distraction is to be locked up…
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Research Round Up
In his article “Critiquing the Center: The Role of Tutor Evaluations in an Open Admissions Writing Center,” William Burns grapples with aligning the institutional goals of the…
On Friday, October 3, 2014, an UCWbL leadership meeting merged with a freshmen EDGE student meeting, which was led by Sarah Carbone, Assistant Director of Student Employment…
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What’s a Writer?
A Conversation “You changed your major!?” “Yeah..its not a huge deal or anything.” “Can you keep your job at the Writing Center?” I dunno…can I? A Memory…
Rebels, Unite! You might not know it, but you’ve almost certainly read a challenged or banned book in your lifetime: The Great Gatsby, The Giver, Harry Potter, The…
When I write, I like to start with brainstorming ideas and then to turn those ideas into an outline. After rounding up a copious supply of writing…
The UCWbL Workshops Team is off to a busy start in the 2014 Autumn Quarter! We have already facilitated several in-class workshops on the topics of Digication,…
We’ve all been there. You have a paper due (tomorrow!), and as you sit there staring at your computer screen, the words just will not come. How…