Building the Best Space for Writing

Building the Best Space for Writing

Italo Calvino, author of If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, opens his novel with a series of commands: “Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade. Best to close the door; the TV is always on in the next room. Tell the others right...
8 Things Every Writer Should Own

8 Things Every Writer Should Own

Sure, writing doesn’t take more than an author a pad of paper and a pencil, but there are a few additional items that can bring the best out of a writer. If you’re constantly composing, you may derive more inspiration when you hold all the right tools. That’s why...
How to Overcome Writer’s Block

How to Overcome Writer’s Block

It’s Tuesday morning. You’ve had three cups of coffee. You’ve devoured a bear claw. You completed the jumble in four minutes. You failed at the sudoku. You’re fulfilling your daily routine, and now it’s nine o’clock. It’s time to get to work. It’s time to write. You...
What’s an Appropriate Academic Voice?

What’s an Appropriate Academic Voice?

Academic writing is an entirely different animal than creative writing. It requires appropriate candor and a particular voice. Today, as part of our academic proofreading and editing blog, we’re going to cover a few rules that are essential to establishing an academic...
How to Support Your Thesis

How to Support Your Thesis

What’s the point of a paper without a thesis? After all, your thesis is your main argument. It rests at the core of your project. But a thesis is nothing without support. There’s no value in staking a claim if you can’t back it up. That’s why you’ll have to take steps...