Episodes

  • Podcast Announcement
    Jun 6 2022

    The podcast will be on hiatus for a while. Claire and Kacy recommend 6 of their favorite episodes.


    Links to Episodes and Archive:

    Episode 13: 60 Minutes or 60 Seconds, Maximizing Your Time with Writing Resources

    Episode 18: Student Q&A

    Episodes 34 (Taking Care of Yourself with Mindful Writing) and 35 (A Brief Daily Session Walkthrough)

    Episode 84: Avoiding Bias

    Episode 79: How to Start Writing

    Episode 72: Emotional Intelligence for Online Students


    Also be sure to look over our archive and categories on the WriteCast homepage


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    4 mins
  • What is Scholarly Voice? (Episode 90)
    May 3 2022

    What is scholarly voice, anyway? Claire and Kacy discuss how to be clear and direct in your academic writing to achieve scholarly voice.


    Relevant resources:

    Scholarly voice webpages

    What is academic writing? webinar

    Scholarly Tone and Voice blog series


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    7 mins
  • Paraphrasing versus Quoting (Episode 89)
    Apr 4 2022

    When should you paraphrase? What about quoting? Claire and guest host Brittany Rogers discuss four easy steps to paraphrase and more!


    Relevant Resources:

    Paraphrasing webpages

    Plagiarism Prevention Modules

    Paraphrasing Primer: How to Paraphrase Sources Successfully (webinar)

    Using and Integrating Quotations (webinar)



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    7 mins
  • APA Style Rules (Episode 88)
    Mar 3 2022

    APA Style Rules can be a confusing phrase. APA is more than just citations and references, and Claire and Kacy delve into passive voice, anthropomorphism, and numbers rules in this episode.


    Relevant Resources:

    Anthropomorphism webpage

    Passive voice webpage

    APA Style modules

    APA's website on Mechanics of Style



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    7 mins
  • What About APA? (Episode 87)
    Feb 3 2022
    What should you do when your assignment doesn't seem to meet APA or is a different format than a typical paper? Claire and Kacy discuss APA rules and how to adjust to different writing formats that might not use all of APA's usual standards.

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    7 mins
  • SMARTER Goals (Episode 86)
    Jan 1 2022

    Instead of resolutions, Claire and Kacy discuss setting achievable, reasonable goals they term SMARTER goals for your writing projects!


    Relevant resources:

    Setting writing goals webpages

    Keeping Up Your Motivation podcast episode

    How to Set and Stick to a Writing Goal podcast episode


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    9 mins
  • Building Confidence (Episode 85)
    Dec 1 2021

    How can student writers build their confidence? Guest Grete Howland explores three main approaches students can use in this month's episode.


    Relevant Resources:

    How to Set and Stick to a Writing Goal WriteCast episode

    Why Set a Writing Goal webpage

    How to Start and Sustain a Writing Group WriteCast episode


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    8 mins
  • Universal Design and Learning Preferences (Episode 84)
    Oct 1 2021

    Veronica Oliver joins the podcast to discuss universal design and learning preferences, and how students can use this information to help have more effective paper reviews from the writing center.


    Relevant resources:

    Can you Doodle Your Way to Better Writing? blog post on learning preferences.

    Mapping your Mind with Bubbl.us blog post

    Speech to Text: Prewriting by Speaking blog post

    Our Paper Reviews webpage


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    11 mins