How to Make a Burrito Or, Advice About Introductions
For the next five minutes, I’m going to be your fifth grade English teacher. We’re learning …
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How I Learned to Stop Writing and Watch Some Movies
It’s that age-old cliché: Go to college, fall in love. Only I didn’t fall in love with a person—I …
5 Reasons Why Your Ethnic Lit Class Will Make You a Better Person
So, you’re stuck taking an ethnic literature class this semester. Before you make plans to skip …
10 Reasons to Be Best Friends with Your Peer Editor
At least once in your college career, you’ll be assigned or recommended to a peer writing …
Mastering the Essay: How to Go from BS to BA
We’ve all been there—you’re sitting in class waiting to have your paper handed back, certain you …
It’s More Than Bylines: Resume Builders for Aspiring Journalists
If I hear one more person say journalism is dying, I will lose it. Journalism is not dying, …
How to Write a Killer Essay the Day Before It’s Due
Come this fall, your college workload will hit you like a brick. Summer has ended and the cynical …
12 Books You Need to Read Before College
If you have to look at another Charles Dickens novel you might be sick. Trust me, we’ve all been …
How to Avoid Making Enemies in Writing Workshops
Writing workshops can be hard on the ego, and the misconception that you have to be ruthlessly cruel …
Inside Online Magazine Writing: Dueling with Deadlines
If you’re going to write for an online magazine, you’ve got to be good. But if you want to last more …
How to Write a Boss-Ass English Paper
Aw, yes. It’s a new semester, a new English course and you’re ready to tackle your first essay …
19 Grammar Mistakes to Piss Off English Majors
Picture it: You stay up all night writing the perfect paper. You’re sure it’s going to get you an …
10 Summer Reads to Help You Hit Every Genre
Summer brings precious leisure reading time to the book-deprived—it’s the perfect chance to catch up …
5 Easy Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
You’ve got a paper—story, essay, article, whatever—due soon, and all you can do is stare at that …
A Procrastinator’s Guide to Getting Shit Done
On a Thursday night at 5 p.m. I looked at my planner to find that I had five—yes five—papers due the …
10 Times Shakespeare Gave You The Perfect Comeback
It turns out the characters in William Shakespeare’s plays are pretty relatable guys. Their …
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5 Habits to Kick Before You Start Writing for a Magazine
Most of us associate writing with perfect grammar, a minimum word count and strict formatting, but …
7 AP Style Rules You Should Know
AP Style has a funny little way of sneaking into your ear and whispering sweet nothings like, …
7 Reasons Why Your Article Tanked
After spending seven hours with your eyes glued to a laptop screen, yawns complimenting every click …
Want to Write? Here Are 10 Internships For You
Every author wants to have readers, but it’s never quite easy to figure out where to start. Your …
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Attention, Writers: 3 Books You Need to Read
As an aspiring writer, you may picture yourself laboring over your notebook, tossing whole pages …
10 Reasons Why You (or I) Will Never Be Ernest Hemingway
What have we come to when we hand out trophies to last place little leaguers? The world is consumed …
How I Met My Writing Idols in College
What surprised me the most about David Sedaris’ handshake was its gentleness. I don’t know why this …
10 Ways to Kick Ass with Your Creative Writing Cover Letter
Writing a cover letter is comparable to the supplemental essays on certain college applications. In …
