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Creative Prompts for Writing

When you’re running short of ideas for your writing, there are a few methods via which you can try to get over the proverbial block that sits…

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New Media Writing about Writing

Writing.com

I know I frequently offer websites to you all that I think will be useful to writers. But today I found one that I myself am going…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Camp is in Session

Hey there again, writers. I know I’ve already lobbied for the awesomeness that is Camp NaNoWriMo, but let me give you a breakdown of the tools that…

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Flask Fiction

Are you a writer? Are you twenty-one or older? Do you like to drink? Got some free time between 5 and 8 pm tonight?

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NewTown Writers

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…

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Camp NaNoWriMo

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…

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DePaul Summer Writing Conference

Hey there, lovers of writing. Summer is underway (despite what the ambiguous weather may suggest), which also means that DePaul’s Summer Writing Conference is going to be…

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Pockets, Public Readings, and Prompts for Poems

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…

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Writing about Writing

Make Reading Work for You

One of the most important things for bettering your writing is something that feels it is frequently forgotten.  When you think of English class in high school…

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Open House: DePaul Writers Guild Meeting

The DePaul Writers Guild is having an open house meeting this Friday, February 18th, from 5:00-6:30pm at the LPC Writing Center. See the following link for to…