University Writing Center Blog

Myth: You’re A Bad Writer Written By: Rachel Fisher First of all, you are not a bad writer. Second of all, everyone has room to develop. Writers produce writing in a variety of different ways, and all writing pieces have room for improvement. The University Writing Center is a resource to help with this development …

During the first draft most have no idea where they are going. Instead of just staring at the screen for hours and hours, all you need to do is just start typing. The first draft is where you get out the main ideas, but what some don’t realize is how sloppy it can actually be. …

Consultant Spotlight: Armon Armon is from Speedway, IN and has been working at the University Writing Center for 4 semesters. He has made a considerable contribution to the center, you may know him through our online sessions! He’s taken part in our Digital Resources Committee and has been training consultants with our new feature of …

By JJ Gramlich, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center Conclusions are irritating. Conclusions are my intellectual exhaustion manifested onto a page; they feel nauseatingly redundant and anticlimactic. I’ve just written a 4-10 page paper justifying my support or knowledge of a concept, so why do I need to regurgitate these ideas into what ultimately amounts to …

By Delaney Francis, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center My favorite part about coming to the writing center is the free space to be myself. After sessions at the writing center, I feel more confident about my writing… and myself. I feel that in most sessions, as a writer, I get to focus on setting goals. …

Meet KC! KC is a graduate student here at IUPUI studying English: Writing and Linguistics. She has been working in the University Writing Center for almost a year. Before she came to IUPUI she worked at Marian University Writing Center for four and a half years. When she’s not working at the UWC she loves …

Meet Ashley! She is majoring in English and has been working in the Writing Center here at IUPUI for a little over two months. She loves any and all art from painting to writing. In her free time, she loves making any kind of art which include painting and writing. Oh, and let’s not forget …

by Casey Kenworthy, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center Do you remember that scene in Shrek, where Shrek explains to Donkey what ogres are like…? You wanna know what else has layers, Shrek? Writing. Yep, believe it or not, your writing goes through many different layers, all of which serving specific purposes that prod you along …

by Tanner Bailey, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center A common misconception around campus is that the writing center is solely for academic writing. While you will find your average session to be centered around a piece of academic writing, all of our consultants are perfectly equipped to handle creative pieces as well! These pieces can …

by Jennifer Rojas, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center If you are here reading a writing center blog, then you are probably interested in writing. Maybe you’re wanting to improve your writing skills. Maybe you have a story or poem that you’ve been working on. Or maybe somebody told you that your writing is choppy, wordy, …