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An Open Letter to My Nemesis, U.S. Academic Writing
by UMBC Writing Center
Dear U.S. Academic Writing,           I pen this open letter to you knowing full well that in certain cases, you do have your uses.  You know how to get your point across effectively. You are...
April 21, 2020 · 3:21 PM
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First Person Pronouns Are Not Four Letter Words
by UMBC Writing Center
The first essay we all wrote as a child was most likely, “What I did during summer vacation.”  Every sentence included the words ‘I’ or ‘me’. The word ‘I’ was even in the title. Then, at some...
April 21, 2020 · 3:19 PM
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Giving Attention to the Aesthetics of Writing
by UMBC Writing Center
Maybe I’m superficial, but I like to look at a piece of writing before reading it. I could discuss Cummings’ “r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r” or  some other avant-garde, experimental literature, but...
April 14, 2020 · 4:30 PM
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Creative Writing Tips and Tricks!
by UMBC Writing Center
Starting with a Strong Beginning! All good works of fiction strive to capture a reader’s imagination and transport them to a new world. To effectively hook your reader, you’re going to need a...
April 7, 2020 · 5:55 PM
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Writing to Stop the World from Ending
by UMBC Writing Center
In the wake of a global pandemic that has halted the world, all of my emotions are heightened. Feelings of fear, anger, sadness, and concern have occupied every single second of existence as I...
March 25, 2020 · 8:39 PM
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Autocorrect vs Free Will
by UMBC Writing Center
Autocorrect: I don’t think I’d remember how to spell “February” without it, but every time that it corrects my more anger-driven messages to “ducking hell,” I want to light autocorrect on fire. I...
March 25, 2020 · 6:16 AM
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Online Writing Center Tutoring Available Sunday Evening!!!
Check out our schedule here: https://umbc.go-redrock.com Your tutor will get in touch with you about submitting your writing and assignment! We know writing is tough...let's work on it...
March 1, 2020 · 10:08 AM
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The Rollercoaster of Writing
Over the course of my writing career I’ve noticed a trend. Writing is hard because it’s as frightening as a rollercoaster. There are even models, on the internet, for how to plot a story with a...
February 20, 2020 · 7:39 AM
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How to Effectively Proofread Your Essay
Editing and proofreading our own essays can be the most annoying process after writing a paper. This burden can often lead us to bypass that process and leave our writing with a bunch of...
February 20, 2020 · 7:36 AM
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Online Writing Center Tutoring Available
Sunday and Monday evenings
Click on our schedule: https://umbc.go-redrock.com Choose "Online Writing Center" Make your appointment! We look forward to working with you!
February 14, 2020 · 11:16 AM
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