TWP Writing Studio - Duke University
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We serve the Duke Community by helping individuals develop writing strategies through tutoring sessions and online resources. We promote excellence in writing.
Our goal is to improve writers, as well as individual pieces of writing:
-We suggest strategies, offer encouragement, and provide information to help you move forward with your work. We expect students to take responsibility for their choices with regard to their own writing.
-We help with editing and proofreading techniques you can apply to your own texts, and the extent of help we offer is cons
We are still open for Labor Day! Come see us today until 9pm!
08/31/2020
Good Morning from the Writing Studio! How do you get motivated for the week?
Writing this summer? Check out our hours in Perkins!
04/19/2017
Got a grad-school preference for Harvard or Stanford, Columbia or Cornell? Two little words in your essay could increase your chances of getting in! https://www.fastcompany.com/3049289/use-these-two-words-on-your-college-essay-to-get-into-harvard
Use These Two Words On Your College Essay To Get Into Harvard AdmitSee crunched the data in 15,000 essays from the admissions files of successful college applicants. The findings are fascinating.
04/18/2017
Attn Professors! Grading got you down?Join TWP faculty on 4/27 @10 to discuss how different rubrics can make grading less painful. bit.ly/2opUYNk
04/13/2017
Interested in improving your grammar over the summer? Check out the info below for a free grammar short course offered by EIS:
Free Course!
English Grammar Workshop
English for International Students
Summer 2017 Short Course
May 23–June 15
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
West Campus – Specific location TBD
Overview: The short course is designed to help students increase their awareness of difficult/problematic aspects of grammar, practice grammar interactively within academic contexts, and become familiar with grammar-focused resources that can be used independently.
Eligibility: Priority will be given to currently enrolled graduate students. Students should have completed at least one EIS oral or written English course (if required) and must be able to commit to the full course schedule.
Enrollment: Please contact Dr. Brad Teague at [email protected] to express your interest and to describe why you would like to participate in the short course. Also, please state which EIS courses you have taken or will take, if applicable. Enrollment is limited to 15 students.
04/13/2017
Can-May-Touché!
04/12/2017
Kiese Laymon & Mark Anthony Neal - 'Heavy: An American Memoir' In 'Heavy: An American Memoir', Kiese Laymon explores his family's relationship to sexual violence, food and language. In the course of the exploration, he f...
04/11/2017
Win $1500 for your outstanding work of creative writing! Deadline May 15 bit.ly/2nBvrFy
The Rudolph William Rosati Creative Writing Award | Duke University Libraries The Rosati Creative Writing Prize is awarded each spring in recognition of an outstanding work of creative writing. All Duke undergraduate students are eligible to submit work for consideration. Projects may be any genre and take any form (audio/video, digital media, etc.), but must include a substa...
Curious about writing or tutoring? Hear 9 short talks on topics from creative writing to dialect in academic papers, Th 4/13 @1:25 Lilly. The Education 255 students have been spent all semester delving into the writing process and writing tutoring, culminating in these independent research projects. Please join us for one or all of the presentations.
An illustrated guide to how commas can change your whole day.
Curious about writing or tutoring? Hear 9 short talks on topics from creative writing to dialect in academic papers, Th 4/13 @1:25 Lilly. The Education 255 students have been spent the semester delving into the writing process and writing tutoring, culminating in these independent research projects. Please join us, even if you can only drop in for one or two of the presentations. Stay tuned for the details.
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