Resource: Five Tips to Improve Writing in College

This advice comes from Trent Kays, who happens to be an online buddy of mine. You can get a sense of Trent's life as a writer and teacher by taking a look at his very nice website. I think he does a wonderful job of documenting and sharing his work online!

Five Tips to Improve Writing in College by Trent Kays, in USA Today: College edition, March 2012

Be sure to check out the full article for Trent's specific advice on each of these items:

1. Write every day.

2. Take your time.

3. Quality is always better than quantity.

4. Ask for help.

5. Practice proofreading.

This is all really solid advice that I hope you will take to heart for this class, and for any of your other classes this semester that might have a writing component!

(screenshot from Trent's teaching portfolio)