WriteCast: A Casual Conversation for Serious Writers

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How do you avoid bias in academic writing? We dive into the APA 7th edition guidelines on this topic including descriptors, avoiding generalization, and using singular they.

Relevant Resources:

APA webpages on bias free language

Inclusivity and academic writing blog post

WriteCast Episode 46: Inclusive Language: Gender-Neutral Pronouns and Identity-First Language

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Jeannie, a Walden student and former writing instructor, discusses having her prospectus approve and moving on to the proposal. She discusses tips and her experience finding the right problem to pursue and getting support from her chair.

Relevant resources:

WriteCast Episode 76: An Interview with the Library

WriteCast Episode 44: Interview with Jeannie Croichy, EdD Student

WriteCast Episode 63: Starting the Prospectus, an Interview with Jeannie Croichy, Doctoral Student and Writing Instructor

WriteCast Episode 77: Keeping Up Your Motivation

WriteCast Episode 78: Interview with Dr. Cheryl Read: Finishing a PhD

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