writing

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 …

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, …

When working on a piece of college writing, naturally everyone wants to sound smart. Everyone wants the professor to be bowled over …

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 …