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Why is creativity so elusive? We see artists and poets and marvel agape at their powers of creation, but in truth creativity is a learned thing 鈥 a practice of insight and introspection. You too have the potential to produce art almost as good as the greats, if only you look in the right places. It doesn鈥檛 matter that no one鈥檚 listening.

Monday, June 4, 2018

To quote or not to quote

Adding quotations to your writing聽is a great way to incorporate ideas from others to the conversation. The following post discusses聽the common problem of not knowing when to use quotations.

FYI: quote is a verb and quotation is a noun. Although, the word quote is now commonly used as a noun since language evolves and grows.

Monday, March 19, 2018

5 Great reasons to write

Since September 2017, the Writing and Communication Centre has been providing the space and materials for a quilt composed of student voices. Quilting is a metaphor for the community that we have here, as well as the writing process itself since both involve parts coming together to form a whole.

Some of the thought-provoking prompts suggested by staff include 鈥淲hat are your opinions/frustrations/joys about writing?鈥 鈥淗ow do you feel about writing today?鈥 and 鈥淚 like writing because鈥︹

International Women鈥檚 Day is coming up on March 8th and the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 Women Centre will be celebrating International Women鈥檚 Week starting March 5th. On Monday the 5th, read Kate鈥檚 blog post about books that feature compelling female protagonists!

Thursday, July 14, 2016

On Stephen King's "On Writing"

Stephen King鈥檚 On Writing is a great resource for anyone who wants to become a better writer. Although King鈥檚 memoir mainly targets fiction writers, I believe that many of his opinions on writing can be used by all writers. Whether you are writing a blog, co-op report, literature review, cover letter, etc., King鈥檚 tips about writing will be useful to you.

Here are four of King鈥檚 tips about writing聽that will help you and your writing process.