It is a marvel of modern technology that so few things work well. A marvel made more all the more impressive by how many things work especially poorly–poorly even considering that most things don’t work. Printers don’t work; television remotes don’t work; Microsoft quietly installed some AI garbage on my computer last week and suggested…Continue Reading Citation Generators (Never Work)
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Artificial Intelligence Writing Rundown
Here’s a place where you can see my notes about AI writing. I’ll be updating this in the coming months and eventually hope to include pedagogical takeaways. If you’ve never taken a look at what AI writing looks like, I’ve put together a few samples. To make each of the samples on this page, I…Continue Reading Artificial Intelligence Writing Rundown
Editing Techniques for Graduate Writing: AXES Highlighting
If the hardest thing about writing is starting, then editing is probably a close second. YOU wrote the thing — if you could have written it differently, you would have, right? Editing is especially challenging if you approach it in the same way that you approach writing a first draft. The way that a good…Continue Reading Editing Techniques for Graduate Writing: AXES Highlighting
Using Grammarly Effectively
If you’ve worked with someone on your writing–either me, another writing coach, or a consultant at the USC Dornsife Writing Center–you might have noticed that we tend to focus on “big picture” concerns (sometimes called higher-order issues) like argument, structure, and organization over discrete grammatical issues. I think this is important because, unless a grammatical…Continue Reading Using Grammarly Effectively
Developing Sustainable Writing Habits
Here are some helpful guidelines for establishing a writing habit from several authors who have written books on long-term academic writing projects (such as theses, dissertations, book projects). Set a consistent day and time for writing. Choose a day, time, and frequency that works with your lifestyle and work style. Choose a duration when 1)…Continue Reading Developing Sustainable Writing Habits