What does it mean to be an academic writer? This first workshop in the Summer Writing Workshop Series provides an introduction to academic writing, outlining the skills you need to become a successful and productive academic writer. Becoming an Academic Writer Registration Form
Graduate Writing Center
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Taking notes is an important part of the writing process. In this interactive workshop, we will first break down the different skills necessary to take good notes, then we will practice some approaches and methods for effective note-taking. We will come up with note-taking systems that are useful and adaptable to our specific disciplines. Finally, […] |
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Most writing advice assumes you already know what you want to say. This interactive workshop is for the more common situation: the blank page, the reading you're still digesting, the project in its early stages. You'll work with two prewriting techniques and learn when each one is useful. First, you'll try free-writing, for when you're […] |
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Paragraphs are the building blocks of most academic writing and the transitions between paragraphs are what make a piece feel whole and stand on its own. In this interactive workshop, we will first learn how to write good paragraphs. Then, we will practice transitions within and between them (I just did one in this sentence!). […] |
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In academic research and writing, we work with so many different approaches and texts that it can be hard to make sure our arguments stand out. In this interactive workshop, we will practice articulating clear arguments and differentiating them from the ideas of others. You will leave with a framework that you can apply to […] |
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Building Structure: Constructing Your Piece – Paragraphs and Transitions
11:00am - 12:30pm