What happens at writing center parties stays at writing center parties.
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We hope you don’t lose your head during midterms!
Mary Jaksch outlines 11 ways to use the practice of reading as a means to improve writing in her blog post “How to Use Reading to Become a Better Writer.”
http://writetodone.com/2008/01/31/how-to-use-reading-to-become-a-better-writer/
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/the-wrong-definition-of-literally-is-literally-going-in-the
AW, SNAP. Good catch by BuzzFeed.
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Too true, folks, too true. And just in case you’re low on funds, local libraries (and the UCD Writing Center library) are just so free!!
![Cheeseball as it is, Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to brush up on the skills needed to write poems, letters, Facebook statuses, and tweets more profound than “OMG I <3 MY HONEY BOO BOO,” or conversely, “love stinks, brah.” We encourage you to write out both your bitter hate rants and smushy love gushes with equal fervor and join the ranks of Michael Jordan, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Johnny Cash (among many others!).
If an 18 year old MJ can do it, you can, too:
“I want you to know that my feeling for you has not change yet. ← (joke) I am finally getting use to going with a girl much smaller than I. I hope you [get] my hint. Well I have spent my time very wisely by write to you…See you next time around, which I hope comes soon.”
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669022/12-hand-written-love-letters-from-famous-people-from-henry-viii-to-michael-jordan](http://25.media.tumblr.com/3225d75012ba8cdb2fd7cb6807cf8c00/tumblr_mia1yqrw2Y1r416qro1_500.jpg)
Cheeseball as it is, Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to brush up on the skills needed to write poems, letters, Facebook statuses, and tweets more profound than “OMG I <3 MY HONEY BOO BOO,” or conversely, “love stinks, brah.” We encourage you to write out both your bitter hate rants and smushy love gushes with equal fervor and join the ranks of Michael Jordan, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Johnny Cash (among many others!).
If an 18 year old MJ can do it, you can, too:
“I want you to know that my feeling for you has not change yet. ← (joke) I am finally getting use to going with a girl much smaller than I. I hope you [get] my hint. Well I have spent my time very wisely by write to you…See you next time around, which I hope comes soon.”
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669022/12-hand-written-love-letters-from-famous-people-from-henry-viii-to-michael-jordan