The 5 Worst Academic Essay Writing Mistakes to Avoid
Everyone writes an academic essay that crashes. It doesn’t get the grade you hoped it would, there are comments and corrections along the margins or even just a low grade. It hurts, eats away at your confidence, and it’s especially hard when it happens at the...
13 Thought-Provoking Personal Narrative Prompts
To be a person is to have a story to tell. –Isak Dinesen What stories are within you? A personal narrative is a story from your life. So, it is simple to write. Maybe. If you come up with an experience you’re dying to share–it is easy to get...
How to Create an Easy and Effective Writing Schedule (and Stick to It)!
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by writing? Your teacher or professor assigns a writing project, and you think “I don’t even know how to start?” Or do you struggle to begin any other piece of writing that seems large? Even experienced writers get nervous about writing...
ACT or SAT: Which is the Best Choice?
Which is better for me the ACT or SAT? Even though I teach writing, many students ask me this question, and I want to give them the best answer possible. So, I asked Robin Glembotzky, an ACT and SAT test preparation tutor and founder of Quantum Jump...
The Astonishing History of Singular They
When did “they” become a singular pronoun? Was it in 2010, 2015 or 2017? No. “They” was considered a singular pronoun far earlier (at least as early as the 1300’s). Even as the grammar rules changed on using Singular They, famous writers such as...
10 Surprising Summer College Preparation Tips
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” –William Arthur Ward An inquisitive mind will prepare you more for college than any academic skill. Academic skills are important, but they cannot compare to the desire to seek answers and learn...
What is Academic Writing? What You Need to Know
This month I was asked, “What is academic writing?” I kept getting message after message in my inbox asking that question. It was so common, I wrote a little 3-sentence description answering it. The description was seared into my brain so that I could write it over...
11 Summer Writing Prompts for the Creative Soul
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” -William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18 Summer always seems too short to me (especially in New York). We have 3 months to enjoy vegetable and flower gardens. Two months to enjoy swimming in pools, and Adirondack lakes. So, I...
3 College Writing Strategies Middle School Writers Can Master
Can middle school students learn something from college writers? When Maria Johnson, a middle school and high school English tutor, asked me to write about what middle school writers can learn from college writers—I was lost. It’s a challenging question. I wasn’t...Tutorpreneur Hero Award
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