first-year – Thoughts on Essay Writing

On Research: Moving from Topic to Question

I’m writing this one late at night after a long day, so you’ll have to forgive me for rambling (and any grammar errors, as usual). What I want to talk about for this post is a step of the research process that can be pretty tricky, but which I see few people actually talking aboutContinue reading “On Research: Moving from Topic to Question”

The Mind on the Other Side of the Writing

Starting with this one, the next few posts are going to be specifically addressed towards my first-year writing students of spring semester of 2020. If you’re one of those students, go ahead and skip down to where it says “MY STUDENTS: SKIP DOWN TO HERE.” (1) For anyone else—perhaps you are one of the thousandsContinue reading “The Mind on the Other Side of the Writing”

Writing Honestly

I want to ramble a bit on the importance of writing honestly, and using the essay writing process to discover ideas, not just report them. There are a lot of avenues (really, a lot) by which we could approach this topic, but I’ll start here with the fact that students often seem to get lockedContinue reading “Writing Honestly”

The point of this blog

(It’s going to be about writing essays in college) Alright, I think I’ve clicked in the right text box. The main target audience for this blog is going to be first-year college student writers. That said, I think the things I want to talk about might be interesting to others as well, at least inContinue reading “The point of this blog”