Teachers at the writing center at Purdue University in West Lafayette,Indiana work with students to improve their writing.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

This brought in their writing skills. After we talk about all of them, we will write the numbers down - now this is three and two more - before we even tell them the plus sign, you know,how to join things together."

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Some require their students to turn in early versions of term papers, research papers and essays they are writing.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

All the members of the Dead Weather had a part in writing the songs on their debut album.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.

VOA: special.2011.01.20

Many colleges and universities in the United States have writing centers to help students improve their skills.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Most colleges have a writing center where they can get free individual help with their work.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The universal subjects in their stories started to come out in the music she was writing.

VOA: special.2011.01.14

The writer,Kitty Kelley, is known for writing biographies of famous people without their approval.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

She says their language and culture influenced Dickinson's life and her writing.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Both are known for their excellent writing and speaking skills.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Serhiy Stelmakh adds that former Soviet republics are also writing their own histories, to the dismay of many in Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"What I would like for the country and everybody to know is that with the age of the computer, it takes time for us to try to keep up with the computer but if some people would start writing again, and sending their bills by mail, maybe it could ease a little of the burden as far as the financial difficulties that we are in."

VOA: standard.2010.04.13