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Course on Written Proposals Now Available at Pluralsight

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Alan Ackmann

For quite some time now–about seven years, in fact–I’ve been teaching technical and professional writing at DePaul University. It’s a bit of a departure from my background in creative writing, but I discovered I really enjoyed both the students and … Continue reading →

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“Academic” vs. “Creative” Writing: Hidden Parallels

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Alan Ackmann

As I mentioned, I teach First Year Writing — a variation on your standard university course, emphasizing research, argumentation, audience awareness, etc — at DePaul University .  The goal for the course is to write an 8-10 page term paper, … Continue reading →

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