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Writing about Writing

Making Money Through Writing?

For a while now I have been asking myself how I can make a career out of my writing. My immediate answer would be to write novels…

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Writing about Writing

The Unpaid Internship – Cruel and Unusual or Necessary Evil?

Unfairness, thy name is unpaid internship. During one conversation appointment this week, I fell into something of a difficulty: having to explain why I had done so…

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Writing about Writing

Eat, Breathe, Write

I write because I have to. This isn’t because I’m in school and I am assigned to. I write because it is the best way I know…

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Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring

A Safe Space to Geek Out About Writing

The Chicago Land Writing Center Conference! It was held this past weekend at North Park University and was filled with interactive discussions on tutoring people with learning…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Portrait of the Tutor as an Artist

As tutors we come into contact with dozens of essays, projects and presentations every week, through our writers. As we comment on and nudge along in our…

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Writing about Writing

Fear of Papers: A Tutor Coming Out

Working at the writing center, it is usually assumed that you love to write papers. I am testifying today, however, that this is not always the case.

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Writing about Writing

Why I Write

A writer I recently tutored told me, albeit half-jokingly, that because she doesn’t enjoy writing, she doesn’t understand why people write. So here I am: writing to…

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Writing about Writing

Announcing Global Voices

Narratives, photographs, reflections, research…Global Voices has it all!  Click here to access this years issue and to enjoy the work of DePaul University’s talented multilingual community. Global…

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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

Global Voices: Publishing June 1st

The CMWR is pleased to announce the forthcoming second edition of our e-magazine Global Voices, which showcases the work of the DePaul’s multilingual community.  We are very…

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Scrawl Radio

Forgot About S.C.R.A.W.L. (Scrawl S4 E5)

This week on Scrawl, your boys discussed the evolution and evaluation of rap music; why it gets a bad rap (I know it’s a pun, ya wanna…