Walking Together Writing Center

25/07/2022

There is a connection between the mind and what comes out on paper from the tip of a pencil/pen or through typing. For those that want to have a better understanding of this connection, take a look at this article.

Plus some prompts to get you started.

18/07/2022

For those that want some practical ways to improve your writing skills, here are 6 ways to see more improvement.
1. Do some freewriting.
Here is a link that introduces you, tells you the benefits, what you need, and tips and techniques for freewriting.

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-improve-your-writing-with-freewriting -do-you-need-to-start-freewriting

Slow and steady wins the race. Make sure to make time to do this exercise.
Have a blessed day!

Successful writers employ a variety of structures to get from a glimmer of an idea to a finished book, script, or article. To keep themselves organized, many writers work from an outline, cards on a tackboard, or extensive written notes. Other writers, particularly journalists, may work in tandem wi...

11/07/2022

What does it mean to be a writer? Continue on and read this to find out more...

Meet the new you Being a new student can often seem like finding yourself in one of those science fiction films where the heroine wakes up one morning and finds she’s got a brand new identity. There seem to be so many things you are supposed to be doing. Every day you seem to encounter …

29/06/2022

Communication both in the written and oral forms is important in our lives. Here is a look at an article that explains the importance of both forms as beings who communicate our thoughts and feelings to ourselves and to those around us.

Communication is key to your success—in relationships, in the workplace, as a citizen of your country, and across your lifetime. Your ability to communicate comes from experience, and experience can be an effective teacher, but this text and the related business communication course will offer you...

23/05/2022

Here are some reasons why writing is such an important skill for very many careers that we choose to go into. Take a look at this website that emphasizes the importance of being able to write well and how it correlates with our careers :

Writing skills are essential in many areas of life, but often neglected. To get ahead in any profession, you need to develop good writing skills.

10/05/2022

If you want to go beyond the "only school writing" thought process, here are recommended books to read to become better writers. Here is the 17th book that is recommended: College Essay Essentials: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Successful College Admissions Essay – by Ethan Sawyer.

25/04/2022

If you want to go beyond the "only school writing" thought process, here are recommended books to read to become better writers. Here is the 17th book that is recommended: A Professor’s Guide to Writing Essays: The No-Nonsense Plan for Better Writing by Dr. Jacob Neumann.

18/04/2022

If improving your writing is something that you would like to achieve, here are things that you should do to improve your writing. (Here is the seventh of 14 steps that I will be posting up every week).
17. Proofread your work. It is time-consuming, but it will yield a better result. Have your mentor, teacher, or friend read it and see if there are any grammar issues with it. It is always better to have several people look at it before doing the final draft.

It won't be easy. But if you put your pen to the paper, you will eventually reach your goal of being a good writer and very possibly a great one I hope to read about you someday!

06/04/2022

If you want to go beyond the "only school writing" thought process, here are recommended books to read to become better writers. Here is the 17th book that is recommended: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within Natalie Goldberg.

04/04/2022

If improving your writing is something that you would like to achieve, here are things that you should do to improve your writing. (Here is the seventh of 14 steps that I will be posting up every week).
16. Use an active voice. An active voice is more engaging and tells the reader exactly who your subject is and what he, she, it, or they are doing. A sentence written in an active voice reads, “John and his friends surfed at the North Shore,” while a passive voice reads, “A surf was ridden at the North Shore by John and his friends.” Unless your academic essay is supposed to have a mysterious tone, keep it in the active voice.

It won't be easy. But if you put your pen to the paper, you will eventually reach your goal of being a good writer and very possibly a great one I hope to read about you someday!

28/03/2022

If you want to go beyond the "only school writing" thought process, here are recommended books to read to become better writers. Here is the 16th book that is recommended: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott.

23/03/2022

If improving your writing is something that you would like to achieve, here are things that you should do to improve your writing.
15. When reading something not so great and start thinking that you could do better than that, hang onto that feeling. Let it motivate you to keep writing and get better at it.

It won't be easy. But if you put your pen to the paper, you will eventually reach your goal of being a good writer and very possibly a great one I hope to read about you someday!