AndrewAug 8, 2021How to Email a ProfessorWriting an email to a professor can be intimidating, especially if you don't have much practice doing it. But it isn't as hard as it...
AndrewJul 17, 2021Reading and Taking Notes for Writers | How I Prepare to Write Academic PapersAcademic writing often requires a ton of reading. If you just try to read everything word-by-word, you'll probably overwhelm yourself and...
AndrewMar 1, 2021Lay vs. LieThe words "lay" and "lie" get confused all the time, but they're easy to get right once you know the difference. After watching the...
AndrewFeb 22, 2021Make Your Writing Flow | Semantic FlowPeople always say they want their writing to flow, but what does "flow" even mean? In this video, we talk about three ways that you can...
AndrewFeb 15, 2021The Rhetoric of Fiction Part 1 (Writing Prompt)The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne Booth takes on the rules of modern fiction writing and suggests a new rhetorical approach for writing...
AndrewFeb 8, 2021How to Write a Better Love Poem | The Power of SpecificityGood writing is specific writing. In this video, we talk about the importance of specificity by looking at how a love poem improves when...
AndrewFeb 2, 2021How to Write a Better Intro ParagraphA good introduction can be the hardest part of a paper to write. After watching the video, download the worksheet below to start planning...
AndrewAug 10, 2020How to Write a Longer Paper | Cutting the Fluff vs. Showing Your Work (YouTube Script)What’s that? You have to write a 10 page paper, you say? And you have to come up with 8 pages of fluff because you can make your point in...
AndrewAug 3, 2020Grammar Bites | Noun Phrase Modifiers (YouTube Script)The noun phrase is probably the most modifiable part of any sentence. You can take my word for it, but it sure would be nice to find a...
AndrewJul 27, 2020How to Write a Better Conclusion (YouTube Script)All in all, these three principles will help you to write better conclusions. Writing good endings? Well, that’s a-whole-nother thing....
AndrewJul 20, 2020Argue Better | Dealing with Disagreement (YouTube Script)Take a deep breath in…and out… Today’s topic is working through disagreements. Intro In his book The Philosophy of Rhetoric, I.A....
AndrewJul 13, 2020A Guide to Rhetorical Analysis (YouTube Script)Hey, glad you’re back! Today we’re taking on the challenge of writing a rhetorical analysis. To start, here’s a pro tip from someone who...
AndrewJun 25, 2020Grammar Bites | An Introduction to Modifiers (YouTube Script)English, as we’ve stated before, is an SVO language, meaning that sentences in English require a subject and a verb, which is sometimes...
AndrewJun 15, 2020Grammar Bites | Writing Noun Phrases (YouTube Script)When we talked about combining verb phrases with other sentence components, we saw how the vast majority of sentences require at least...
AndrewJun 8, 2020Grammar Bites | Nouns (YouTube Script)Traditionally, we say that a noun is a person place or thing, but, like we saw with verbs, those traditional categories don’t always...
AndrewJun 1, 2020Grammar Bites | Combining Verb Phrases & Building Sentences (YouTube Script)With an understanding of verb phrases, you’re ready to start building simple sentences. The simplest sentences are built with a single...
AndrewMay 21, 2020Grammar Bites | The Verb Phrase (YouTube Script)Now that we’ve taken some time to see how verbs function on their own, let’s look at how they can work together to form longer verb...
AndrewMay 13, 2020Grammar Bites | VerbsEarlier, I mentioned that verb phrases are the powerhouse of the sentence. In this video, we’ll begin to take a closer look at verb...
AndrewMay 13, 2020Grammar Bites | Basic Word Order (YouTube Script)In our last video, we talked about the basic components of the sentence. Now, we’re going to begin to talk about some of the patterns...
AndrewApr 30, 2020Grammar Bites | Sentence Components (YouTube Script)Once upon a time, I had a set of mysteriously branded building bricks that could lock together to make a train. Some pieces had wheels...