The University of Waterloo Writing and Communication Centre is a hub of communication and writing practice, support, and research on campus. Writing a paper? Designing a portfolio? Giving a presentation? From brainstorming to revision, understanding your assignment to presenting your work, we are here to support you in any discipline, at any stage of the communication process.
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Hybrid Writing Cafés
Write together and connect with other grads, post docs, and faculty members at the Hybrid Writing Cafés! Sessions are held online and in the SLC Grad lounge on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and Wednesdays from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm.
https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/writing-cafes
Hybrid Writing Cafés
Write together and connect with other grads, post docs, and faculty members at the Hybrid Writing Cafés! Sessions are held online and in the SLC Grad lounge on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and Wednesdays from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm.
https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/writing-cafes
Drop-in Appointments
Not sure how to start that assignment? Our peer tutors can help! Visit us for in person drop-in appointments at Dana Porter Library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12:00 to 3:00 pm.
https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/services-0/drop-appointments
Drop-ins
Want to bounce an idea off of someone but your friends are all busy? No problem! Visit our drop-ins at Dana Porter Library on Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 12:00 - 3:00 pm.
https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/services-0/drop-appointments
Online evening and weekend appointments
Need some inspiration? Book a virtual evening or weekend appointment and work with our peer tutors on any aspect of your writing! Appointments are available Sunday - Thursday until 9:00 pm.
https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/appointments
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Psychologically speaking: your brain on writing
Remember when you were little and just learning how to write? Just writing your name was a huge accomplishment. Yet with practice, it became much easier. The brain is not a muscle; although, in some ways it develops like one. The more you use it in a specific way, the more able it is to perform the task. So what is the brain actually doing while you write? The following are a number of brain areas that work together to form ideas and get them down on paper.
Frontal Lobe
The poetics of originality: how to be creative
Why is creativity so elusive? We see artists and poets and marvel agape at their powers of creation, but in truth creativity is a learned thing – a practice of insight and introspection. You too have the potential to produce art almost as good as the greats, if only you look in the right places. It doesn’t matter that no one’s listening.
