January in the Writing Center: Author of the Month and Writing Challenge!

Happy New Year, everyone!

We’d like to kick start the year by announcing our newest Author of the Month: the author of Cayden Bloom! One of our new authors, Cayden has shown exemplary effort in working to go above and beyond the call of duty, adding more details to her posts and working on giving her character depth and background. In addition to the effort she's put in on her own writing, we at the Writing Center have been continually impressed with her constant presence in our community; she goes out of her way to write with new authors herself in order to broaden her own experiences, but has also been known to encourage other new authors to expand their boundaries as well. The unusually cohesive enthusiasm of our first-year class is certainly fed by Cayden's author, which is particularly impressive because she herself has only been around for a few weeks. 

Congratulations, Cayden, and keep up the excellent work!

When deciding the Author of the Month, the Writing Center team looks for authors who push themselves to improve their writing skills and community involvement. This can be anything from working on characterization to dealing with technical grammar issues to carrying off realistic plots. The Writing Center page offers different worksheets that can be used towards this, and the staff is always available to look at posts or give advice.

Another way you can work on your writing and test your creativity is by participating in our new monthly challenge! This term RMI is going to be hosting a series of competitions to encourage house pride. As a part of this, for the month of January we are challenging you to come up with official house cheers that will be used at these events. You may submit one cheer per house, regardless of which house your student(s) may be in. Submissions are due by January 27th to the Writing Center email. If you have any questions, send us an email or find us on chatzy and we’ll be happy to help. Good luck!