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…
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.
Verb tenses are one of those grammar concepts that tend to be difficult for native speakers to identify and speak on in a metalinguistic way. As a…
As a tutor, my self-perceptions on my grammatical strengths have been pretty confident from the start—I’ve been able to explain surface-level concepts regarding sentence structure, parts of…
What is a comma? When should it be used? A comma (,) is a punctuation mark used to indicate separation within a sentence. They help to group…
A noun is usually described as a person, place, or thing, which seems simple enough until you really unpack all the different types of nouns: concrete and…
The Basics Expletive constructions are phrases like “there is”, “here are”, and “it seems” that typically serve to introduce the content of a sentence. Just because a…
Whether we recognize it or not, most art involves writing in some way, be it scribbles on a paper napkin about an idea for a new painting,…
Now that all of your Gen Eds have been absolutely crushed by your awesomeness, only one stands between you and your degree: the Senior Capstone. This is…
Months before I finally sank my teeth in the first Creative Writing workshop coursework of my bachelor’s degree, I started beta-reading seriously in 2019. I’d only ever…
As writers throughout our academic careers, one primary lesson we constantly learn is to find our own voices; our pieces should be reflective of our personalities. Writers find…