08
Jun
When to “Tell”: Should Our Fiction Be Concrete?
by Lauren Johnson
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Creative writing classes often instruct their fledgling authors to “be concrete.” But fleshing out your narratives could be hurting your stories. “Show, don’t tell” is...
08
Jun
Who Am I? Reader Response to Second-Person Narration in Fiction
by Ashlin Kaufman
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Authors use second-person narration to make readers feel like characters in the story, but readers may be having a different experience entirely. Second-person narration arguably...
07
Jun
Does the Science Fiction Genre Affect Literary Merit?
by Reagan Weston
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Some academics give less literary merit to science fiction. However, a text’s intrinsic literary qualities can upend typical genre expectations. Many of us grew up...
07
Jun
Is Fiction Fundamental? Trends of Children’s Reading Habits
by Taryn Hervey
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Even though children read less the older they get, fiction remains the most popular genre amongst children of all ages. So what could this information...
07
Jun
This Titling Tip Could Save Your Academic Paper
by Eli Gibbons
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A correlation has been discovered between a certain attribute of an author’s title and fewer citations by authors. In many academic disciplines the number of...
15
Apr
To Peer Review or Not to Peer Review?
by Kyme Lambson
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Involving peers in the writing and review process will increase the enjoyability and quality of the writing. Editors of student writing often discover that the...
11
Apr
How We Give Feedback Matters
by Xochitl Bott
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There are four stances to take when giving feedback to an author. Are editors choosing the right one? Have you ever received harsh feedback on...
11
Apr
How Corpus Tools Can Help Language Learners Correct Errors
by Skyler Garrett
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Findings indicate that corpus tools can help language learners correct errors, but not all types of errors are corrected effectively. Corpus linguistics is a relatively...
10
Apr
Ambiguous Syntax Structure’s Impact on Autistic Readers
by Abbigail Clark
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We likely don’t think much about prosody and relative clauses when we read, but together they can greatly impact the way a sentence is read...
09
Apr
Avoiding Gender Stereotypes While Creating Characters
by Kate Blatter
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Books and other written forms continue to support outdated gender stereotypes. Fiction writers can help break this cycle. As a society, we’ve made great improvements...