由 Ersun Warncke | 4 月 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
How stories shape our worldThe last two books I read were Andrea Dworkin’s debut, Woman Hating and Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks.The conjunction was coincidence — the former had arrived in the post (thanks Awesome Books), the latter had been lurking...
由 Ersun Warncke | 4 月 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
The secret to successful sentencesOne of the things that overwhelms writing students — especially younger ones — is sheer quantity of options. English is a lexis-rich language whose straightforward grammar allows for endless variations. These facts are the joy and...
由 Ersun Warncke | 4 月 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
How narrative wins the numbers game I recently wrote about the importance of self-narratives to internal achievements like growth, healing and resilience. Today, let’s look at the role of self-narrative in successes such as winning the elite college admissions...
由 Ersun Warncke | 4 月 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Where writing and billion-dollar tech collideThis week’s Write Like A Pro interview features Ersun Warncke, a senior software engineer with over 15 years multinational experience. He’s also my younger brother, so I’ve had a front-row seat to his dazzling verbal and...
由 Ersun Warncke | 3 月 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Writing the authentic selfWhere does your narrative begin and end? Never mind inciting incidents and resolutions; tell me where the borders are in your story about who you are, what people are like, how the world works and where you fit in it. If we assess our...
由 Ersun Warncke | 3 月 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
How a Biotechnology student uses wordsThis week’s Write Like A Pro interview features Alazne Portela Huerta, a third-year biotechnology student at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia Polytechnic University), Spain’s top-ranked biotech program.A lively...
由 Ersun Warncke | 3 月 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Your finest moment is now Not long ago, I spoke to my best friend from university. She is a hilarious, wise, accomplished woman who happens to be the CEO of a publicly traded company and mother of two brilliant children. Of a mutual college friend, she remarked: “He...
由 Ersun Warncke | 3 月 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is a grim day and I have a cold. One of my comfort books is Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women. The short story I’m reading, ‘502’, is characteristically sharp, tragicomic, clear-eyed and subtle. Like the rest of the collection, it begs to be read again and...
由 Ersun Warncke | 2 月 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Tackling the student writer’s biggest challenge I am developing a modular essay-writing course for student writers, working title: Essay Accelerator.Over years of teaching, I’ve found students from all backgrounds struggle with understanding what an academic...
由 Ersun Warncke | 2 月 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
How a Disability Consultant writes towards changeThis week I’m delighted to share a Write Like A Pro interview with Amy Butterworth (LinkedIn), a Long Covid & Accessibility Consultant.Her wisdom is an ideal follow up to last week’s newsletter on empathy. If you...
