Sifting through the clutter of literary contests posted online or catalogued in different publications can be a very daunting task for writers who wish to submit their…
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.
Still painfully sunburnt from the Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, I thought I’d take some time to promote an LGBT writers’ association based here in the Windy…
Tomorrow, on June 29, Wikipedia will add a new way of giving feedback to its contributors. The ‘WikiLove‘ feature is modeled after Facebook’s ‘Like’ button, a medium…
Americans will choose their next president on November 6, 2012. Although this is many months away, the campaign for the presidency is already in full swing. Each…
Writing can be a maddening process, as many writers will attest to. Finding the right word or the right sentence that captures perfectly the ideas in your…
Question: I am writing a journal for one of my classes. Normally when I write a journal I write as if I am speaking out loud or…
Hello there writers. For those of you who don’t know, NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month—is an annual challenge for writers to write a novel (or 50,000 words of…
Discuss your Advanced Project with Writing Center Tutors, SNL faculty, and a librarian. Share tips and get advice from others who have been there! Naperville Campus—Wednesday, June…
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Are you studying a foreign language? Have you always wanted to become pen-pals with someone else who speaks the language, but don’t know very many people? And/or…
Quick Question: Help! I just need information about how to write a resume and cover letter and I was wondering if anyone would be able to help…