Dr. Anastasia Shavrova

Tag: writing

  • Big mistakes I made in writing

    Big mistakes I made in writing

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    Thank you to everyone’s positive comments on my previous post. I wanted to share my biggest mistakes that I was making. These are mistakes when it comes to academic writing, creative writing has many rules that are meant to be broken. 1. Run-on sentences: Growing up, I was taught to read and write in Russian,…

  • I hate writing. Here’s why.

    I hate writing. Here’s why.

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    It’s a pretty bold statement, but let me explain why. I am an immigrant. I know… You couldn’t tell with my excellent Canadian accent. I get this all the time ‘but you speak English fluently, how could it be your second language”. Let me tell you a short story of how I learned English. We…