WriteCast: A Casual Conversation for Serious Writers Walden University Writing Center

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.