by acburton | Apr 25, 2024 | Resources for Students, Writing Resources
You’ve finished your paper, and all that’s left is your title. What do you name the essay you’ve just worked tirelessly on, for days, sometimes even weeks to put together? Should it be long or something shorter? Should you prioritize grasping your readers attention or...
by acburton | Apr 25, 2024 | Resources for Students, Writing Resources
Raise your hand if you have heard of the ‘5-paragraph essay’. Organizing a relatively short set of ideas with an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion may seem simple enough and effective for a multitude of assignments. However, when making complex...
by acburton | Apr 25, 2024 | Resources for Students, Writing Resources
Decades of research on writing productivity suggests that 1) writing daily produces more writing and more ideas and that, 2) writers produce more when they have positive social networks around writing (collaboration and accountability). Consistent writing–even at only...
by acburton | Mar 22, 2024 | Resources for Students, Writing Resources
Typically, in your first and second year at UCI, most, if any, of your essay writing will come in the form of assignments where you are asked to cap your thoughts, ideas, and references in about 3-5 pages. Perhaps toward the end of a writing course or as a final...
by acburton | Mar 22, 2024 | Resources for Students, Writing Resources
Selecting your research question and creating a clear goal and structure for your writing can be challenging – whether you are doing it for the first time or if you’ve done it many times before. It can be especially difficult when your research question starts to look...
by acburton | Mar 21, 2024 | Resources for Students, Writing Resources
If you’ve ever had a professor ask you to “use quotes” or quote other texts in your writing before, you know that it’s no easy task. It can feel awkward sometimes to determine what parts of the text are worth quoting, as well as how to directly quote in your writing...
