ZSR is hosting a slew of workshops to help you better understand how to create and organize citations. Check ’em out! p.s. there’s one today! The RIGHT way to CITE Workshops Do you need help need help with parenthetical citations or footnotes? This one-hour […]
Categories: Writing Process
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
Dr. Ryan Shirey has some great advice for those tackling final papers this week! 1) Write with and in response to any texts that you’re supposed to be using. Don’t wait to “add quotations later.” Your professors want to see you engaging meaningfully with […]
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
Getting started on your paper is often the hardest part of the process. We recently ran across a cool video that might offer a bit of encouragement. And if that doesn’t do it, a quote from Anne Lamott just might motivate you to write […]
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
Thanks so much, Phoebe Zerwick, for sharing your thoughts with Active Voice! I’ve been talking with my students all semester about stance. It’s a tough concept to explain. How does a writer find the balance between argument and tone that works for the […]
Categories: Interesting Reads, Writing Process
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized, Writing Process
We’ve recently come across a few articles that speak to the technology-age old question: pen and paper or computer? Should I fill notebooks and binders with my handwritten notes? Or maybe I should click away on […]
Categories: Interesting Reads, Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
It’s still November so we’re still celebrating NaNoWriMo! While not quite right for academic writing, great tips for sure if you’re participating in NaNoWriMo (or doing any kind of personal/creative work).
Categories: Events, Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
Post from Professor Laura Giovanelli As a teacher of writing who also tries to write, I think a lot about how we get it done. Writers’ processes, that is. My process. My students’ processes. Other writers’ processes. How do we go from a fuzzy notion–what […]
Categories: Writing Process