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6 Easy and Effective Ways to Create a Research Question

by Suzanne Davis | May 12, 2022 | Writing Essays and Papers, Writing Process

Do you need to create a research question? Can’t you start searching for sources without a research question? You could try that, but you would need to hunt for an idea among a maze of articles, books, and other research. The best strategy for finding...

How to Write a Strong Introduction to a Research Paper

by Suzanne Davis | Jun 17, 2021 | Writing Essays and Papers, Writing Process

What makes an introduction powerful? It’s an important question because an introduction is the first impression readers have of your research paper. A strong introduction tells your readers not only what you will prove or show—it makes them want to read it. You want...

The Best Writing Advice I Never Learned in School: Write Hot. Edit Cold.

by Suzanne Davis | Apr 8, 2021 | Writing Process

You write a word, then delete it. You go back and write another phrase but erase it. Back and forth until you write a word that works; you repeat this pattern for 20 minutes–then glance at your clock and realize you wrote 4 sentences in 50 minutes. Does this...

3 Fabulous Freewriting Techniques for the Uninspired Writer

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...

5 Tips to Boost Your NaNoWriMo Word Count

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...

6 Creative Prewriting Activities for Academic Writing

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...