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 | Dec 12, 2019 | Writing Essays and Papers, Writing Prompts
“Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story.” –Stephen King Stephen King wrote about description in stories. But the same advice is correct for descriptive essays. Get your readers engaged by making them sense and...
by Suzanne Davis | Oct 24, 2019 | Writing Essays and Papers
This post isn’t a guide on how to write an “A” research paper. I know that’s a huge goal for most college students. I remember anxiously waiting for 2, 3 days or even a week to find out if I achieved that “A” or “A+” on a research paper. There’s nothing wrong...
by Suzanne Davis | Oct 9, 2019 | College and Graduate School, Writing Essays and Papers, Writing Process
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...
by Suzanne Davis | Sep 12, 2019 | Writing Essays and Papers
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...
by Suzanne Davis | Jul 24, 2019 | Writing Essays and Papers
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...