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Archive for April 1st, 2015

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 […]

Five Steps to Writing with Mindfulness

Kathleen A. Bishop, MS, PhD, Kaplan University Health Sciences Faculty Today is the day I’ve decided to write my first blog post for the KUWC, and like all writers I […]

Procrastination and Writing: Not a Good Pair

Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor At some point in their college careers, most students procrastinate. Procrastinating can lead to substandard work on assignments and failing grades in any […]

Ask Them: Talking Through the Writing Process

Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor I used to hate ‘starting’ papers; in fact, I still do to this day. Planning weeks in advance for projects, I spent countless […]

Prewriting Without the Boredom of Prewriting

 by Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center As the festivities officially wind down from the busy holiday months, many of us face a new year with a slew of fresh, […]

Farm Feast: Recipes for Writing Success

  by Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center When I was still living near family in the South, I got to help my grandmother prepare for a New Year’s […]

Teaching the Writing Process

  By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center When I write longer papers, I always print out at least one hard copy of my draft before I complete final revisions.  Even […]

Science Writing – Telling a Story (a Video: Susan Holmes of Standford)

By Melody Pickle, Kaplan University Writing Center, Writing Specialist, WAC In the KUWC, we are often asked if we are capable of helping students do science writing.  For example professors […]

My First Date

by David Werner, MFA, Kaplan University Faculty I was in love.  Or so I thought.  I wanted to ask Patti (not her real name) to a ninth-grade dance but could never […]

Crazy Writing – National Novel Writing Month

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center Crazy Drafts – We encourage crazy or bad first drafts as part of the writing process for students. Sometimes, we […]

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