Happy Leap Year! With the help of my peers and contacts, I’ve been able to enjoy lots of inspiration this month. My personal favorite blog article was Painfully Honest Critiques, inspired by several painfully honest sessions with my boyfriend (who is relentless in critiques, especially poetry critiques.) It was a good month at UT TodayContinue reading “29 February: Review”
Category Archives: Article Writing
31 January: Review
January was a busy month for me! It marked the beginning of my last semester at the University of Toledo as well as tons of fun things in UT Writer’s Guild. At UT Today, several of my articles went up this month: New Student Health and Wellness Center to be celebrated Jan. 13 Environmental sciencesContinue reading “31 January: Review”
Writing Organizations for Student Journalists
This is a bit late for me, since I’m graduating in May, but I thought it might be a good idea to talk a little bit about writing organizations for journalists and other editorial media that students may be interested in. First off, any student who is either an intern at a news organization orContinue reading “Writing Organizations for Student Journalists”
The Importance of Snappy Copy
When I was younger and first starting to take creative writing seriously, I thought being “a good writer” meant constructing lengthy, flowy passages of elaborate text with the longest, most complex words possible. I thought I should aim to write something with the highest reading level possible, use words understandable only by people who hadContinue reading “The Importance of Snappy Copy”
[Guest Post] NaNoWriMo and Writing Immediacy
It was the afternoon of Jan. 13, 2000, and I was waiting at Microsoft’s headquarters to be ushered into a press conference with my fellow media elites. We had no idea why Microsoft had summoned us, other than it was a big announcement. Initially, I was embarrassed that I didn’t know what was going onContinue reading “[Guest Post] NaNoWriMo and Writing Immediacy”
Feliza Casano 