( Bibliotherapy research paper! )

(For those of you interested in my research paper about bibliotherapy, here's my preface, a rough outline, and a few excerpts.)

Preface

I first encountered the concept of “the healing power of writing" in Guy Allen's essay “Language, Power, and Consciousness: A Writing Experiment at the University of Toronto” (Allen 84). In his essay, Allen discusses ( Read more... )

1. Get it on paper. Once you’ve written it, you can edit it. But until your story is on paper, in black and white, you have nothing.

2. Focus. Write one sentence-yes, one sentence-that states what this manuscript is about. Once you have that, you can refer to it to know if a scene belongs in this manuscript. If a scene doesn’t support the focus ( Read more... )

I found out today that I won:

• First place in the Jon Scott Nelson Professional and Technical Writing Contest
• Second place in the James Paul Brawner Expository Writing Contest

That might improve my chances of winning this National Geographic Editorial Research Internship I'm applying for this summer!

Careers in Writing and Editing

The two major careers in the writing and editing industry are writers and editors. Writers produce a variety of original written materials for books, magazines, journals, online publications, company newsletters, radio and television, movies, and advertisements. Nonfiction writers must establish credibility by ( Read more... )

Brag time:

I just won third place in the undergraduate division of the James Paul Brawner Expository Writing Contest for my nonfiction prose "Catwatching"!

This is brag time because it's the first writing contest I've ever won!

*dances*

The Director of Business Development at College Prowler personally recommended I apply for the Contributing Editor Internship in Pittsburgh, PA!

It's a spring internship lasting 1-2 months and just the kind of professional writing/editorial experience I need!

Interns will be contributing editors and assist with updating the College Prowler guide to ( Read more... )