The Lafayette

Writing at its roots

In the age of AI and the ever-expanding reach of technology, the English department’s “Nature Writing” course aims to ...
Mashable

11 free online writing courses for getting real good at words

Writing is a much-prized skill and a difficult one to master and, while some are naturally gifted in stringing sentences together, we all need to take the time to learn the craft. Whether you want to ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Writing Intensive Courses

Writing Across the Curriculum (or WAC) is a pedagogical movement that has flourished at colleges and universities across the US for more than 40 years. Throughout its history, WAC has shown that ...
unr.edu

Drafting an effective introduction

A key function of any introduction is to present your argument in such a way that your audience can enter the conversation and properly engage with your paper. Key questions to think about as you ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

On the Dissertation: How to Write the Introduction

What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...
Inside Higher Ed

An Ode to Teacherless Writing Classes

Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice. If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest ...