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Writing about Writing

REx Call For Research Projects

Attention writers! You know that painstakingly complicated research project you’re working on? Or that long-forgotten report from your WRD class that’s gathering virtual dust in the depths…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Is minimalism the new black? The Breakroom has your answer

Last weekend, I spent some extra time in the Lincoln Park UCWbL making my big debut on the spotted office carpet; I did notice that it at least…

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New Media

What Have I Clicked On? : The Uncertainty of the Hyperlink, the Ambition of the ‘Sparkicon’

Please click the following hyperlink before reading further; I will not provide any additional information other than that the page serves as a vital context for the…

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Writing about Writing

Which Grammar ‘Rules’ Do You Adhere To?

Latin scholars, how much are you bothered by the following statements?: ‘Chicago is the kind of town I’d like to live in.’ ‘To hardly think is hard…

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Writing about Writing

Who’s Telling the Story? The Importance of Narrators in Contemporary Fiction

In his essay “Once Upon a Time, There Was a Person Who Said ‘Once Upon a Time,’” Steve Almond uses a trend among his creative writing students…

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Writing about Writing

“Liked It, Didn’t Love It”: Covering Scripts in Hollywood

The most observant UCWbLing readers may have noticed that I was absent from the blog this past fall. As part of the DePaul University Digital Cinema LA…

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Writing about Writing

Software for the Frustrated Writer

Like many writers, I have difficulty writing on my laptop because it’s way too easy to get distracted. If you’re not chatting with friends, you’re opening Twitter…

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Writing about Writing

Getting Better All the Time

You think you have it bad?  I certainly thought so.  Like many writers, I have a love-hate relationship with our trade.  My composing process is riddled with…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

The Theoretical “Writer”

Tommy and Logan here to talk some theory with you.  When we read and discuss writing center theory in class, we necessarily associate and apply any given…

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Writing about Writing

The Art of Revision

I am a writer. I write — and up until last year, I absolutely, under no circumstances, did not re-write.