Chaucer came to our Writing Center staff meeting

At our last writing assistant staff meeting (last Thursday), I had the idea to have them read a section of one of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in middle English. I had noticed, when I was reading the middle English myself this quarter, that (of course) my comprehension would fade in and out, like a radio losing [...]

“I don’t need to take notes. The vicious cruelty of your words has branded them into my mind forever.”

Just came across this cartoon, from timetowrite.com.
Yikes!
I could start a “what not to do as a consultant” category.

Harry Potter editor: “I’m just a stand-in for the reader”

I just noticed on Mugglenet a link to an interview with J.K. Rowling’s U.S. editor, Arthur Levine, published in the Washington Post on Wednesday. (The Wizardly Editor Who Caught the Golden Snitch by Bob Thompson) It’s a great example to students of how even the best and most famous writers need an experienced and [...]

consulting scenarios

Here are some of the consulting stories that Dodie has come up with (and which we’ve used in our staff meetings).  I figured I’d post them here, so I wouldn’t lose them, for one, but also because I want something to remind me to post the scenarios I’ve come up with, as well.  
And now off to [...]