Strong writing starts with having something specific to say and a clear reason for saying it — the mechanics follow from there. Jessica earned her writing certification through Penn's selective Critical Writing program as a freshman, then spent years tutoring peers on everything from argumentative e...

Getting ideas onto the page is often the hardest part, and Erika treats outlining and drafting as real skills worth practicing — not just steps to rush through before "the real writing" starts. Her policy school training required writing concise, evidence-driven arguments under tight deadlines, a di...

Clear writing starts with clear thinking, and Tiffany treats every writing session as a chance to untangle what a student actually wants to say before worrying about how to say it. Her training in legal writing — where precision and structure aren't optional — gives her a practical framework for tea...

Sharon approaches writing as a craft with learnable moves: how to build a thesis that actually argues something, how to transition between ideas without losing a reader, how to revise a draft into something sharp. Her background spans policy writing at the University of Chicago and graduate-level jo...

As a published author, MaryAnn knows that strong writing starts with a clear argument and a willingness to revise — not with a perfect first draft. She teaches the mechanics of thesis development, paragraph transitions, and evidence integration, whether the assignment is a five-paragraph essay or a ...

The hardest part of writing isn't grammar — it's figuring out what you actually want to say and then organizing it so a reader follows. Andrew tackles that problem head-on, walking students through outlining, crafting clear thesis statements, and building body paragraphs that develop a single idea w...

Good writing instruction doesn't start with red ink on a finished draft — it starts with how a student organizes their thinking before they type a word. Molly teaches outlining, thesis development, and paragraph architecture from elementary through adult professional writing, drawing on her own expe...

Strong writing starts with understanding that a first draft is a thinking tool, not a finished product. Justin's PhD in English and ten years of teaching composition have given him a systematic approach to the entire writing process — from generating a workable thesis to structuring body paragraphs ...

Benjamin treats writing as an exercise in structured thinking: before worrying about word choice or style, he tackles the architecture of an argument — what's the claim, what's the evidence, and does each paragraph earn its place? His economics and finance training at Notre Dame drilled this kind of...

Rebecca breaks the writing process into decisions: What claim are you actually making? What's the strongest piece of evidence, and where should it go? How does this paragraph earn the next one? Her background in psychology and social work research at UChicago means she's written extensively across d...