Body Paragraphs: Writing the Unsung Heroes for Impact!
If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Oh, this was going to be a great assignment for Zinnia McGillicuddy! A Creative Writing major, she enjoyed using her creative mind...
Category: Writing Process
Determining Audience in the Social Media Age
Lisa Gerardy, Purdue University Global Writing Center Specialist One of the most important parts of a piece of writing is the audience. When a student takes a writing class, no matter if it’s...
Audience Demystified
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center A common time to teach “audience” to students is during the revision stage of the writing process: “Draft for yourself, and rewrite for the reader,”...
Mood Music for Writing
Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Tutor Recently a group of writing center workers from the Southeastern Writing Center Association put together a collection of music titled “Write It Like Disaster,” which was composed by...
The Almost Right Word
Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Tutor There is an old quotation from Mark Twain about word choice: “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and...
Drafting Student Success: How Our Center Can Help Shape Great Habits
Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Tutor I think it is safe to say that we have all experienced extremely tight deadlines. Since being out of school, however, I rarely take a moment to remember those...
What is your writing process?
Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Tutor So often in high school and college writing classes, student writers are told that if they want to produce a quality paper, they need to follow the...
How to Make Your Students’ Writing Matter—to Them and to You
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Academic writing doesn’t come naturally to most new college students. Writing formally can be like wearing stiff new shoes to a special occasion: uncomfortable if not...