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View ArticleWriting Resources: visuwords.com
Visuwords is an online visual dictionary and thesaurus. It is a great resource to use when you feel stumped during the brainstorming process, if there’s that one word that’s on the tip of your tongue,...
View ArticleWriting Resources: Son of Citation Machine
Son of Citation Machine is a great resource for making citations in MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago citation styles. Here’s a step-by-step walkthrough to quick and easy citations. Notice the bar on the...
View ArticleWriting Resources: Giant Golden Buddha (and 364 more 5 minute writing exercises)
Giant Golden Buddha and 364 more 5 minute writing exercises is a series of writing prompts by author C.M. Mayo. Here’s how it works. There is a prompt for each day of the year. After reading the daily...
View ArticleWriting Resources: Grammar Girl
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between affect and effect? Lay and lie? i.e. and e.g.? Grammar Girl has the answers to these questions and many others that elude writers far and wide....
View ArticleNaNoWriMo
It’s that time again! November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and at The Writing Center we are excitedly anticipating its arrival. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to encourage its participants...
View ArticleWriting Resource: Nika Harper’s Wordplay
Nika Harper does vlogs on the Geek and Sundry Youtube channel. Her vlog series is titled “Wordplay” and its topic is creative writing. You might be wondering how creative writing videos might help you...
View ArticleE-mail Etiquette Tips
Looking back, I could never have anticipated how many emails I would write and receive in college. As we’re all aware, e-mail has become an essential part of every college student’s academic life....
View ArticleThe Writing Process
I know what you’re thinking; you’re wondering what is a writing process and why I am writing about it? A writing process is whatever sequence of events you follow from start to finish when you write...
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