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 | 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 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 | Aug 29, 2019 | Writing Organization
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...