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Welcome to Writing Fresh! Iām Natasha. Today weāre talking about one of the most dreaded business documents: resumes. If you are looking for advice on job hunting, check out askamanager.org. The woman who runs it, Alison Green, is a former hiring manager and she is awesome. Her advice is helpful and up-to-date. I canāt cover […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh. Iām Natasha. Academic integrity is an important part of college life. Your professors will ask you to cite outside sources to help maintain academic integrity. But what does this mean? At the most basic level, Academic Integrity means: not cheating. Everything you turn in is your own work. It’s okay to get […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh! Iām Natasha. Today weāre talking about one of the most dreaded business documents: cover letters. Weāll discuss both old-school actual snail mail letters and emailed letter. If you are looking for advice on job hunting, check out askamanager.org. The woman who runs it, Alison Green, is a former hiring manager and […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh! Iām Natasha. I was going to save apostrophes for a bit later in the series, but Iāve been seeing a lot of apostrophe errors from my students. So! Letās talk apostrophes. First, a little history. Apostrophes are relatively new, both in English usage specifically and in European languages in general. They […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh. Iām Natasha. Following these guidelines in online writing will help you create clearer, more professional messages. Use appropriate subject lines. Be concise but descriptive. “Hey, Help, Hi” are not good subject lines. “Question about assignment 3″ or “Application for X” are better, clearer subject lines. Edit replies. When responding to an email or […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh! Iām Natasha. This episode is titled āBusiness writing,ā but this is an issue that could just as easily relate to the classroom or even to oneās personal life: emails. Emails are such a simple thing! Theyāve been around forever at this point. But itās so easy to make a mistake, especially […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh! Iām Natasha. Today weāre going to talk about point of view in academic writing. āPoint of viewā is a term thatās also used in fiction writing. In fiction writing, point of view, or POV, refers to the narrator. POV is similar in academic writing. In academic or nonfiction writing, there are […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh! Iām Natasha. Short one today. It is tempting to use āI think/I feel/I believeā in oneās writing. Donāt do it. Isnāt that simple? Cut āI statementsā out of your writing to create clearer, less cluttered prose. Thanks for listening! Oh, wait, I bet you want to know why. There are a […]
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Welcome to Writing Fresh. Iām Natasha and unfortunately technology fails. Not a matter of “if” but “when.” In fact, my computer started smoking the other day. I had to get a completely new machine. I had some work backed up, but not all of it. So what is your plan for when your technology fails, […]
