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By Anastasia Rosnau Posted on 3/4/2019 - 4 minute read
Students often experience anxiety when it comes to emailing a professor. Some questions students have include the following: How formal should I be? Does it sound rude if I am direct? How should I address her or him?
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By Alec Leissring, Writing Studio Consultant Posted on 1/15/2019 - 2 minute read
People tend to think that to get the most out of their day they need to be constantly doing something productive from the moment they wake up until the moment they crash in their bed at night. While filling up your schedule feels productive, it can prevent opportunities for self-reflection, which is necessary for personal growth. Yes, you could go to a therapist and they could guide you through a self-reflection for personal growth, but what if you could do it yourself in the comfort of your own dorm? I have found journaling to be an excellent way to reflect upon my interactions and emotions by trying to understand both the strengths and struggles of my day.
By Carmel McGee, Writing Studio Consultant Posted on 11/27/2018 - 2 minute read
Rippling skies. Wrinkled waters. Soft stones. Rough clouds.
By Ingrid Becker, Writing Studio Consultant Posted on 11/14/2018 - 2 minute read
A dear friend of mine told me a story when she was in the fourth grade and had a research project on the great Aztec emperor, Moctezuma. Not knowing where or how to find valuable information, she started with the basics: Wikipedia. But once she started reading the page, she knew something was wrong. The Wikipedia page described Moctezuma as a powerful leader and “as his friends called him, Mike, the taco destroyer.” She, like so many others, learned that Wikipedia is not exactly the best source to rely on. Wikipedia does offer a wealth of knowledge on virtually every topic possible, but as it is a public domain, it is possible for anyone to edit these pages.
By Anastasia Rosnau Posted on 11/5/2018 - 0 minute read
By Jordan Kaiser, Writing Studio Consultant Posted on 10/22/2018 - 2 minute read
All that is truly worthwhile takes labor to accomplish. Skill is a side-effect of that labor—it’s secondary—and talented or inspired does not, by any means, mean easy. That’s the joy of beauty; it takes effort. It takes love.
By Owen Duncan, Writing Studio Consultant Posted on 10/9/2018 - 2 minute read
I was thinking about writing this blog post on something like the new standards for CMS or the minutiae of grammar or the origin of the quotation mark or something like that, but then I realized I would have to do research and read a bunch of big boring books with tiny print and I’m already taking a history class–I don’t need more of that!
By Johanna Lange, Writing Program Assistant Posted on 3/19/2018 - 4 minute read
Few things in academia are more daunting than staring at your own blank computer screen. One of the most common struggles writers express during Writing Studio sessions is just “getting started” on a writing project—they either have no ideas for a paper topic at all, or they have an idea or two but aren’t sure how to put those ideas into writing. Here at the Writing Studio, we like to call this problem the “Blank Screen Blues.”
By Jocelyn Broadwick, Online Writing Lab (OWL) Consultant Posted on 3/1/2018 - 4 minute read
So what if I told you that writer’s block wasn’t a real thing…
By Lynsey Pelletier, Writing Studio Consultant Posted on 12/7/2017 - 2 minute read
When we, as writers, receive different writing prompts from different classes, so many of us approach the assignments the same way. Each prompt, however, asks a different question and, therefore, requires a specific approach. The approach to writing a reflection differs from writing a narrative or a research paper. Luckily, there are many different resources that exist to help you begin the writing process and then refine your work as you go.