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Introducing the New Editor

Hello, writers! My name is Grace T and I am the new UCWbLing blog editor. I’m a first-year graduate student in the Creative Writing and Publishing program.…

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For the Writers and the Perfectionists: 3 Pieces of Advice from a Graduating UCWbLer

First and foremost, welcome to the DePaul Writing Center, aka the UCWbL.  If you’re reading this and we haven’t met, my name is Paul D. and I’ll…

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The Beneficial Relationship between Meditation and Writing

Usually, when meditation is brought up in conversation as a possible solution to one’s problem, it is often met with the response of, “Oh no, I can’t…

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But Screenplay Writing Is Scary and I Don’t Know How to Do It

Upon my admission to DePaul and subsequent decision to pursue screenwriting, I entered the fall of my freshman year with a very nervous kind of excitement.  I…

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An Audience of One

Sometimes I cannot bring myself to write. Sometimes I cannot bring myself to write at all. I sit at the chair with an empty mind and shake…

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Prioritizing the Global

As I consider my development as a tutor and writer over my three years working as at the UCWbL, I can see how much I have come…

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How an Online Friendship Has Informed My Tutoring

Look anywhere online and you can find articles bemoaning the difficulties COVID-19 has wrought on people’s ability to maintain a social life. Despite the constraints that social…

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Learning To Use The Library Database Efficiently

I recently had an Online Realtime appointment with a writer who was looking to add sources to her research paper on creating a diverse workplace. We scoured…

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Choosing a Citation Style

Picture this: you receive the assignment guidelines and rubric for an upcoming written assignment. Your professor requires in-text citations and a Works Cited or References page at…

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What Quarantine Has Taught Me About Writing

During quarantine, a lot of people have gotten back into reading for fun, and I’m definitely one of them. I hadn’t read a book that wasn’t for…