Markup, Markdown: Write In Elegant Plain Text
Mar 12, 2019
by Patrick McCabe People have more options for writing apps than ever before. And yet, Microsoft Word remains the de facto app for college papers...
Grammar Moses Speaks
Feb 25, 2019
by Dennis Bohr I’m Grammar Moses with a few rules for writers. Rule #1: Break all the rules. Rule #2: All the rules have exceptions, including ...
Did You Say “Chicago Style”?
Oct 23, 2018
by Rahn Adams When you’re on campus, what do the words “Chicago Style” bring to mind? Food? Music? Something else entirely?If you’re stan...
Surviving Finals: A Toolkit
Apr 26, 2018
by Julie Karaus It’s that time of year again. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and once again, you might have left one or two t...
Rethinking Transitions
Mar 22, 2018
by Josh Wharton Most of us have a myriad of transition words and phrases that we customarily resort to: also, in addition to, furthermore, conseq...
How to Find Your Voice in Writing
Mar 14, 2018
by Sophie Pillsbury Ever since I was a little girl, when I would write research papers, my teachers would write on my paper “too much voice—t...
How About a Love Letter?
Feb 13, 2018
by Darius McClain It’s almost that time of year again, where the love of your life (or a little less than, depending on your situation) is pers...
The Right Time To Write
Jan 31, 2018
by Lizzie Hofmann Sometimes I find myself staring at a blank Word document wondering why I’m in graduate school. Pursuing a master’s degree i...
Title Troubles?
Oct 24, 2017
by Karle Stinehour Here is a situation that is likely familiar to many of us: You’ve just completed a beautiful draft of a paper for that class...
Introduction Limbo
Sep 21, 2017
Dear Writing Diary, In the beginning, writing was simply done with ink and paper. Scribes would scribble, and they were the elite chosen for this...