The first episode of the second season of Hot Topics in Writing,the UCWbL’s podcast, is finally available below for your streaming-audio pleasure! In this thirty minute show,…
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.
Last week I finally got my Chicago Public Library (CPL) card at the Sulzer Regional Library in Ravenswood. If you live in Chicago or if you are…
With midterms looming and the end of the quarter in sight I thought I would share some advice and encouragement with the lovely and possibly avid readers…
Julie Bosman’s recent NY Times article, “Aspiring Authors Get Help Online” announces Penguin Group’s newest endeavor: Book Country, a website that allows writers to post their fiction…
The approach of spring quarter midterms means tests, stress, but also e-portfolios! Whether you’re thinking of your WRD portfolios or job hunting come June graduation, it might…
Last Thursday, April 14th, was Poem in Your Pocket Day, and we at the UCWbL got into the act. Poem in Your Pocket Day has been a…
“DePaul University is a learning community that fosters the pursuit of knowledge and the transmission of ideas within a context that emphasizes a sense of responsibility for…
Recently I have come to a very interesting conclusion. The five paragraph essay that we learned to write back in high school was possibly the most valuable…
So recently the Oxford English Dictionary has added “LOL,” “OMG” and a heart symbol as new additions to the English language. A fellow UCWbLer expressed trepidation over…
Does this scenario sound familiar? Â An SNL (School for New Learning) writer comes into the writing center and sits down with a tutor to work on…