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Writing Groups

Writing Groups LogoDuring Writing Groups, writers of all backgrounds share their work, giving and receiving feedback. Facilitated by an UCWbL Group Leader, this collaborative experience allows participants to share and discuss their writing with each other, and in so doing, improve their successful practices.

Writing Groups can meet at any DePaul campus on any day of the week, and a Writing Center Tutor will join to help facilitate the conversation. Any member of the DePaul community can join or form a Writing Group.

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Suburban Campus Writing Groups

Beginning Autumn Quarter 2012 we will once again offer Suburban Campus Writing Groups,
which will meet at the following locations on Saturday mornings:

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Naperville Campus

150 W. Warrenville Road, Building 200
Naperville, IL 60563

Room 120

Saturdays, 10am to 11:30am
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Oak Forest Campus

16333 S. Kilbourn,
Oak Forest, IL 60452

DePaul Foyer

Mondays, 4:30pm to 6pm
Saturdays, 10am to 11:30am
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O’Hare Campus

8770 W. Bryn Mawr
Suite 100
Chicago, IL 60631 

Room 307

Saturdays, 10am to 11:30am
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[quote style=”1″]The Suburban Campus Writing Groups have been a very positive learning experience. Not having any background with academic writing, I found myself second guessing my material and not knowing how to critique it. The staff was great with their assistance, but it was the interaction with other students that provided the best return on time invested. While I have used this workshop to review class materials, I have also used the resources for a sounding board for blog materials, ILPs and my resume. I would suggest that everyone take advantage of these sessions to make your writing better. You will see improvement and gain confidence very quickly after a few sessions.[/quote]

Writers’ Guild

Workshop and discuss your creative writing with others in a community facilitated by an UCWbL peer writing tutor.

Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9:00pm

Lincoln Park Campus
Arts in Letters Hall

Form a Writing Group

Want to be a part of a Writing Group, but don’t see the time or place listed as a Standing Writing Group? Or maybe you want to form your own group with friends or with classmates? We can help! You can form your own Writing Group at the time and campus you want. We will offer a tutor and a location to help facilitate the group. Students, faculty, and staff can start one today! Fill out the following form:

Writing Group Leaders

Edward Evins – Program Coordinator

A native of Atlanta, Edward has an M.A. in English from DePaul University. He is the coordinator of the Writing Groups program as well as an instructor in the First-Year Writing Program.  Edward is slightly obsessed with James Boswell/Samuel Johnson and cycling, but is usually able to keep his enthusiasm on the subjects below a low roar.

(312) 362-6758
eevans6@depaul.edu
25 E. Jackson
1608 Lewis Center

Chicago, IL 60604

Amanda Bryant – Group Leader

Amanda is a first-year graduate student in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse program and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from DePaul. Though Amanda enjoys helping students revise any type of writing, she is particularly skilled in working with researched argument and rhetorical analysis. She looks forward to assisting students with writing theses and organizing their essays for better clarity. When Amanda is not reading, writing, or studying, she spends her time sewing, cooking, or in the company of her three puppies.

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