Recent content by Doliner

My creative writing professor just assigned the weirdest prompt: write a narrative writing piece from the perspective of an inanimate object. We have to choose something—a house, a pair of shoes, a tree—and tell a story from that object's point of view. I chose an old oak tree in a park, and now...

This is becoming a huge problem for international students. I'm from China, and English is my second language. I work really hard on my papers—I go to the writing center, I have tutors, I spend hours editing. But my writing is still more straightforward and 'correct' than a native speaker's...

I'm going to be honest: I completely messed up. I've had five weeks to work on this 12-page sociology research paper, and I've done absolutely nothing. Not a single source collected. Not a single paragraph written. The deadline is in 48 hours, and I'm sitting here with a blank document and a...

I'm so frustrated. I have a group project in my marketing class, and I'm the only one doing any work. We have to create a full marketing plan for a local business, and my group members have contributed nothing. They don't respond to messages, they don't show up to meetings, and the deadline is...