Today is the last full day of school! Yay! While we aren’t completely out of the woods yet with finals coming up we have awesome news. We’re open during finals week! Where ever you in the writing process we can help, all you have to do is make an appointment! We also have even more …
Read MoreWritten by: Sydney Sparks It was the second week of December, and all my papers were due. As is common for many of my fellow English majors, I had put off nearly all of them. I mean sure I had worked on them in the previous weeks… but not nearly as much as I should …
Read MoreMyth: 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 …
Read MoreDuring 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. …
Read MoreBy 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 …
Read MoreBy 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. …
Read MoreMeet 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 …
Read MoreMeet 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 …
Read Moreby 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 …
Read Moreby Jennifer Rojas, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center The Maker’s movement, popularized by Make magazine and Adam Savage (among many others) has spurred a renewed interest in the skills required to produce something by hand. From mini-computers and robots to furniture and clothing, the Maker’s movement inspires people to learn through creating. Books such as …
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