Proofreading vs editing: What's the difference?

Apr 10, 2019
Proofreading involves correcting surface errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling. Editing, on the other hand, seeks to improve your essay's overall quality. Feedback can help with both.

Book review: Draft No.4 Writing tips from a Master

Mar 26, 2019
McPhee’s much anticipated Draft No.4, On the Writing Process, is both deeply nostalgic and quirkily entertaining. For budding writers it offers an eclectic collection of anecdotes, touchstones and mud-maps, alongside earnest encouragement for those immersed in the sometimes brutal process of “knitting a novel”, writes Mike Larsen.

Narrative vs Persuasive Essays

Mar 7, 2018
How do you distinguish between narrative and persuasive essays? A simple search tells us that a narrative essay tells a story, while a persuasive essay makes an argument. However, English specialist, Jeanie Tseng, tells us why it's not as easy as that.

Already a national hero, can Steve Smith help us with NAPLAN, too?

Dec 15, 2017
Here's what we can learn from cricket to improve kids' NAPLAN writing scores | Studiosity

Turning Gamers into Writers

Oct 12, 2017
How do we use lessons from gaming to build better writers? An extract from Jack Goodman's presentation at the National Boys' Education Conference | Studiosity

Most common free tools for essay success

Jul 18, 2017
A look at free essay writing tools and online spell checkers, including grammarly, turnitin and Studiosity.