This GradHacker post was written by Julie Platt, Michigan State University PhD student in Writing and Rhetoric Studies, @AristotleJulep Just before Christmas, I finished the second of a set of ...

Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a laptop screen casts shadows across the room. Outside, the city street is quiet, but inside, her mind is racing. Fingers hover over ...

To help students improve their writing style by teaching them how to say more using less words in a fun writing exercise Students will have completed and received back a graded "Interview and Analysis ...

Putting pen to paper can put your body and mind on the ‘write’ track. Taking just 15 minutes to complete writing exercises about self compassion can increase women's body image, according to a new ...

You can’t just tell the reader the emotion your character is experiencing, you have to show them. You do this by creating images using bricks of significant detail. God and the devil are in the detail ...

When we think about relationships, we tend to think about our connections with others—our partners, friends, family members, and co-workers. This post focuses on a relationship that often gets ...

The CWA writing courses are open to any undergraduate at Northwestern who has met the prerequisite of having already taken one writing-intensive course at Northwestern. They are taught by Visiting ...

At one time or another, most students feel antsy going into a big test. But how students interpret those sweaty palms and racing pulse can make or break their performance. A new study in the ...