So you have a paper that you really want to review with someone, but all of the Writing Center appointments are filled up. Now what? – Get on the waitlist. WCOnline has a great waitlist feature that will actually text you when an appointment opens up. Click […]
Categories: Meta, Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
If you’ve been around the Writing Center lately, you’ve seen that we’ve spruced the place up a bit. A few plants here, a new lamp there. And a lot of great artwork! One of the coolest pieces, and a favorite of Writing Center Director Ryan […]
Categories: Interesting Reads, Writing Process
Professor Phoebe Zerwick, a faculty member in the Writing Program, recently traveled to the Middle East. What came from her travels, Fleeing Syria, is a a powerful account of the stories she gathered and the people she met. I spent the month of June […]
Categories: Faculty Feature, Writing Process
Yesterday on the blog, we shared Phoebe Zerwick’s special report, Fleeing Syria. Her stories went beyond just the facts and figures, but rather, she was able to capture the stories of the land, the history, and the people that she met along the way. Nieman […]
Categories: Interesting Reads, Uncategorized, Writing Process
With another school year behind us, and the warmth of summer around the corner, it’s easy to put down the pen and take a break from writing. But you worked so hard to fine tune your abilities this year. You visited the Writing Center, […]
Categories: Writing Process
Last week we shared a faculty interview with Zak Lancaster. Zak had one more piece of advice to share… Do you have any advice for a student who finds it hard to start writing? Yes, I have an abstract piece of advice and several […]
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
We recently stumbled upon a really neat campaign put on by Shared Worlds called Hand in Hand. According to their website, “Some days you just need a little nudge…a simple reminder that you’re not alone on this path you’ve chosen. Maybe you want […]
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
On Tuesday, we considered the ways that technology can be a distraction during the writing process. Of course, this isn’t always the case. In fact, there are so many ways in which technology has made writing, or at least some […]
Categories: Technology, Writing Process
Joli Jensen, professor of communication at the University of Tulsa, posted a blog entry on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Vitae blog about the spaces where writers work. It’s well worth checking out, and it also invites us to think […]
Categories: Writing Process
It’s no secret that writing can be difficult. As English author Neil Gaiman once said, “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It’s that easy, and that hard.” Some people […]
Categories: Meta, Writing Process
