Writing Tips

List-Making Problems or What the Heck Is Parallel Structure?

The Internet is obsessed with lists these days. From the top 10 Hollywood dresses found the latest award event to 11 fun …

You read that right. There are some sentences that depend on depends. And that stinks. Of course, I’m not really talking about …

Nobody wants to read a haunted sentence. Yet they happen surprisingly often. Take the following. By reading this blog post, it may …

Earlier this week I was a guest on Lili’s Reflections talking about how writing a blog while in college can prepare you …

Most everybody knows that academic writing means formal writing. I’ll bet you’d never start a paper, “So, I was thinking about the …

Everyone faces it. The blank page (or blank screen, as the case may be). No matter how carefully we plan and outline, …

It’s an all too common struggle for clever students who want to give credit to sources, to understand the process of in …

Well, it’s a new year. Colleges and high schools are getting back to business. It’s time for new classes, new activities, and—you …

Ahh… quotations. The academic writer’s savior, right? If you finish your draft and your paper’s just a little too short, it’s tempting …

Whether you’re applying to college, grad school, a scholarship, or some other type of academic program, there’s likely to be at least …