Monthly Archives: March 2010

Hook your readers early and often.

With the longer, more in-depth stories required in the spring semester, there’s the temptation to use a long wind-up to pitch your story to readers.  In fact, as Jere Hester reminded Write Stuff, it’s more critical than ever on these … Continue reading

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Shed your assumptions about what's expected.

After a two-month immersion into grading admissions tests for the Class of 2011, your humble Write Stuff scribe is ready to think and talk about writing again. Shed your assumptions:  That’s one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever … Continue reading

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