With all this precipitation, trudging through the snow to the Writing Center might seem a little daunting. Luckily, the Writing Center is only a click away! The…
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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It’s a new term and we’re excited for Winter 2012 here at the UCWbL, so remember – it’s never too early in the year to get some…
What’s this, another post about procrastination during finals season? A total surprise, I know. But, dear UCWbLers, I have something to confess: I had a really hard…
Did you spill coffee on the pages of Wuthering Heights? Did the campus book store clerk reject your pristine copy of Intro. to Biology, claiming that a new and…
With the closing of Borders, it’s starting to seem like there are more used bookstores in Chicago than first-hand bookstores. Certainly used bookstores ARE “green” — keeping…
Beyond the typographical errors (or stylistic choices? Hey, he’s following his own tip number 13.) of Jack Kerouac’s “Belief and Technique for Modern Prose” lie gems of…
So, most of my posts here on UCWbLing have been committed to DePaul’s fave portfolio tool: Digication. But, with finals week just around the corner (breathe), I…
On October 20th, the University Center for Writing-based Learning celebrated the National Day on Writing on both the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses. The event was a…
On Friday October 7, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) hosted our first Conversation Group, an initiative designed to address the needs of DePaul and…
Katie and Caylie wrap up their three-part series investigating different venues writers can have their works published or read. This episode focuses specifically on online publications. Listen…