UMass Lowell First Year Writing Program

Summer Session tutoring is available at the Writing Center! Visit the Writing Center website to schedule an appointment to discuss your writing process. Tutoring will be available on Mondays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., throughout Summer Sessions I and II.

The Writing Center | UMass Lowell The Writing Center at UMass Lowell (3rd Floor, O'Leary Library) offers free writing support to all writers in the UMass Lowell community. Undergraduate peer tutors are available to work one-on-one with you on any stage of a writing assignment, for any writing project. If you need help brainstorming,...

On the importance of structure, in *any* composition: "My work as a sculptor has trained me to write... When I start a piece I work it from all directions. I jump back and forth from section to section in no particular order. I leave broad ideas and impressions everywhere. I make notations and draw charts. I don’t write in complete sentences. I don’t bother with spelling, and I don’t fuss with exacting language. Readers will sense if I’ve crafted my dialogue before establishing the architecture of my characters and the dynamics between them. They will know if I’ve constructed my scenes before my story line was complete."

Structure: What Writers Can Learn from Visual Artists | The Ploughshares Blog Structure: What Writers Can Learn from Visual Artists Posted on February 10, 2016 by Annie Weatherwax in Writing, Writing Advice and tagged anatomy, arc, character development, composition, construction, craft, details, dynamic, foundation, painting, relationships, sculpture, story line, structure,…