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...
by Suzanne Davis | May 28, 2020 | Writing Process
How do you develop essay ideas? How do you find an interesting topic you can use for academic writing? Start with prewriting activities that help you unleash your thoughts and put them onto paper. What is prewriting? It is the first stage of the writing process...
by Suzanne Davis | May 14, 2020 | Reading and Research
Finding academic research online isn’t easy. When I switched from teaching at colleges to online academic tutoring, I missed going to university libraries and having access to scholarly journals and other vasts amounts of research (whether I was there in-person or...
by Suzanne Davis | Mar 26, 2020 | Writing Process
The academic writing process is like sketching a portrait. You need preparation and planning for what you will draw. You sketch, and then erase and change what you’ve drawn, and then show it to others. As you continue to work, you grow as a sketch artist. The...
by Suzanne Davis | Feb 6, 2020 | Reading and Research, Writing Technology
There are 20 million books and texts on the Internet Archive. Internet Archive is a digital library with free books, texts, videos, audio recordings, webpages, and software. It is my go-to place for research because you can find credible primary and secondary...