by Suzanne Davis | Feb 11, 2021 | Scholarships
“Billions of dollars worth of scholarship money!” Every major scholarship search website or book has a headline about how much money all the scholarships listed add up to (usually millions or billions). Their math isn’t wrong. Those dollars are...
by Suzanne Davis | Jan 14, 2021 | Writing Workshop
How do you become an excellent writer? You become an excellent writer the same way you become a top-athlete. Start with a vision of becoming the person (writer, student, gold medal figure skater, etc) you want to be. Believe in yourself, set SMART writing goals that...
by Suzanne Davis | Dec 3, 2020 | Writing Process
Are you compelled to write? Do you sit in front of your computer dying to write your story, poem, memoir, or research paper? Are words flowing from your brain faster than you can capture them? Most of us don’t feel that way every day. We need something to stir...
by Suzanne Davis | Oct 22, 2020 | Writing Process
Thirty days to write 50,000 words! It sounds crazy and tortuous to some people, to others exciting and energizing, but for all of us–it’s daunting. How do you write a novel of 50,000 words in a month? Better yet, why would you? Ah, well November...
by Suzanne Davis | Sep 17, 2020 | Study Skills
“I thought taking online classes would be easy.” Did you think taking classes online would give you more free time? Time to do more of what you want. Some of my students thought because they already loved online tutoring, online high school...
by Suzanne Davis | Sep 3, 2020 | College and Graduate School, Study Skills
Are your college courses on-campus or online? With some universities having only online classes and others doing in-person classes, it’s hard to know what to do to reach your goals for the semester or beyond. What techniques and strategies should you use? What...
by Suzanne Davis | Aug 20, 2020 | Studying skills
How do you focus on online classes amid a pandemic? On the news and among my colleagues, I hear the struggles students experience in studying for online classes: unfamiliarity with technology (or not enough access to it), less interaction and attention, special needs...
by Suzanne Davis | Aug 6, 2020 | Academic Writing Skills, College and Graduate School
I know it sounds a little strange on the surface. How can keeping a reading journal help you have a higher GPA? It gives you an edge over other students because it increases your ability to understand, analyze, and write about what you read—skills other...
by Suzanne Davis | Jul 2, 2020 | Writing Projects, Writing Workshop
What can you write in 90 days? There are many exciting things to do in the summer, but if you aspire to become an excellent writer—writing needs to be on your list. Writing takes practice, but if you love what you’re doing, you will keep doing it and push yourself to...
by Suzanne Davis | Jun 18, 2020 | Writing Essays and Papers
I dreaded writing personal narrative essays. I cringed when teachers assigned a personal narrative essay. I couldn’t think of an interesting story about myself. And even if I chose a fascinating personal narrative story, I struggled with how to write about it. But...