Writing Skills Building

Harvard University Head Preceptor in Expository Writing Tad Davies shares a few fundamental lessons about sentence structure that will help writers avoid confusion while creating interesting connections between words and ideas.  What are sentence fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences, and how can these issues be resolved? This tutorial includes practice exercises to help writers identify and…

What does it take to develop an authentic voice in a journalist’s piece? How can first-person journalism – nonfiction storytelling that combines a personal perspective with solid research – combat disinformation and AI fakery? Join us for this instructive webinar where HES instructor (and author of First-Person Journalism: A Guide to Writing Personal Nonfiction with Real…

Is sitting down to write a draft of your paper something you’re dreading and putting off? Join us to learn more from a Signet Education academic tutor about some strategies that can help you in the drafting process, including how to get started, avoiding procrastination, how to structure the writing of your paper, tips on…

Designed to advance the skills taught in the longtime CARC webinar staple “Gaining Grammar Confidence,” this webinar goes beyond the fundamentals of basic grammar principles and dives into the exciting world of grammar dilemmas that puzzle professionals and scholars when sending out communications and wondering about how to use more sophisticated language to achieve success…

Harvard University Head Preceptor in Expository Writing Tad Davies talks about best practices around sentence structure. Davies breaks down the different components of structuring clear and grammatically correct sentences while also sharing tips on how to communicate thoughts effectively using sentence structure. Presented by Harvard College Writing Program Head Preceptor, Tad Davies…

Are you eager to learn how to craft persuasive memos, executive summaries, business plans, and entrepreneurial proposals tailored to the Venture Capital industry? Presented by a longtime instructor of business rhetoric courses (as well as a veteran Harvard expository writing instructor), this webinar is designed to help you advance your writing skills in areas essential…

Publishing is a confusing process for many writers and a necessary one if we wish to find audiences for our work. In this webinar, you will learn a basic overview of the four main avenues in which a writer might choose to publish: mainstream/trade; academic; independent/small press; and self/hybrid. Participants will leave with a greater understanding…

This webinar focuses on the task of filling out a paper and employing editing skills. We introduce three skills with the intention of building the early draft to a more finished form: refining the précis into an introduction, writing a “goosebumps” conclusion, and mapping out the order and content of the paragraphs in between. We…

This webinar gives students the basic skills to begin a first draft, including writing a précis, finding a model for your paper, gathering and organizing evidence, and shaping a good thesis question. We include guidance for how to approach writing a précis, finding a model for your paper, gathering and organizing evidence, and shaping a…

Join us for this informative webinar from the Director of the Harvard Writing Center. There is no magic pill you can take that will make you a stronger, clearer, and more efficient writer, but there are practical steps you can take to avoid confusing your readers, frustrating your supervisors, and spending too much time spinning…

In this webinar, you will learn approaches to conceptualize, organize, and draft your literature review as well as strategies to conduct a literature search effectively and efficiently. You will gain an introduction to the steps in the process of conducting research, from developing the research topic to finding relevant literature to managing the writing. Four key learning…

Essay organization is essential for a reader to understand your work, even in an essay that is already well-written and well-researched. On what basis should you structure your writing? How do you show what that structure is? What can signposting do for you and how can you effectively signal the progression of your essay? Join…

Essay organization is essential for a reader to understand your work, even in an essay that is already well-written and well-researched. On what basis should you structure your writing? How do you show what that structure is? What can signposting do for you and how can you effectively signal the progression of your essay? Join…