The Writing Center at Methodist University

If you’re reading this, you’ve survived your first week of the fall semester. You’ve conversed with your classmates, met your instructors, and read all of your course syllabi in their entirety (nod your head in agreement, then go back and read those handy documents again). You’ve gotten or ordered all of your textbooks, added phone numbers and emails to your contact lists, and transcribed all due dates into your organizer or planner. And now you’ve noticed all of the papers you will need to complete this semester. All. Of. The. Papers. Some of you now have broken out in a mild sweat at the thought of those papers. We’ll keep the smelling salts handy, but no need to faint. Your heart may squeeze at the thought and your stomach may drop with dread, but you’ve got this. Now, we know you don’t feel like you’ve “got it” when we see you walk around campus. It may feel like you’re about to jump across a huge embankment, unsure if you’ll fall (or fail). You often tell yo...

As we all ready ourselves for the fall semester, the Writing Center wanted to re-introduce you to our blog. It began about 10 years ago, and the most recent post was made in 2008. In fact, it has been so long since anyone made a post that this blog was forgotten. But now it is time to bring our blog back to you! Save the link , share it with friends, put it on Twitter--whatever. We will bring you helpful tips about the writing process, the Dirty Dozen, Writing for Success, or any other topic you all wish for us to discuss.  Below you will find the Dirty Dozen schedule. The Dirty Dozen is the workshop that reviews the top errors writers usually overlook in their writing. We hope to see you attending our Dirty Dozen workshop series this semester. Additionally, we are still committed to the original intent of this blog, which is to do the following:        - to chat about happenings at the Writing Center        - to discuss writing top...