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 3, 2019 | Academic Writing Skills, College and Graduate School
“What is academic writing?” This is the most frequent question people ask me. I even wrote a little 3-sentence description answering it so that I could send it out each time someone messages me with that question. Then I thought about my definition, yes it said...
by Suzanne Davis | Apr 4, 2019 | Academic Writing Skills, Writing Essays and Papers
Using direct quotations in a research paper makes your writing stand out. Direct quotations help your academic writing because they support and emphasize specific points in your essay or research paper. They can be eloquent, powerful, and memorable. They are an...
by Suzanne Davis | Feb 28, 2019 | Academic Writing Skills, Writing Essays and Papers
When do you start working on a research paper? Professors hope it’s the day after you were assigned it or the next day. Even if that’s not the case, they at least hope you don’t write a paper the day or 2 days before it’s due. Yet, writing procrastination occurs a...
by Suzanne Davis | Nov 29, 2018 | Academic Writing Skills, College and Graduate School, Writing Workshop
What happens when you join an academic writing group? You become a writer and scholar. You are part of a community of writers with the same mission: to write something that will enlighten people in your area of study or profession. Belonging to an academic writing...
by Suzanne Davis | Aug 16, 2018 | Writing Resources
I know all the great advice about self-editing. Yet, it’s never easy for me or my students. I’m always searching for ideas and information on how to make editing simpler. Nothing is as a good as human eyes looking over your writing, but there are helpful self-editing...