Recent content by BenFoller

Chicago is our bread and butter and it's SO confusing at first. You're actually right about everything in your post. First footnote = full citation. Subsequent = shortened. Bibliography = full citation formatted differently. BUT here's the thing about sources you read but didn't directly cite...

I'm at UCSD and actually experienced the increase firsthand. My on-campus job auto-adjusted from $17.25 to $17.75 because of the San Diego city increase . For me, it's about $20 extra every two weeks. Does it change my life? No. But it covers parking for a week or a couple coffees during finals...

Contextual explanations hit different. I'm definitely using this next time someone asks. The "useful" comment from that guy is so validating. People hear "technical" and think "boring" or "complicated." But useful? That's something everyone wants to be. You reframed the whole field in one...

I've been stuck on my novel because my AI can apparently solve everything. The MIT course sounds perfect – definitely checking it out. "Limitations and costs" is exactly what I'm missing.

The key difference: You're generating the ideas, the arguments, the research. You're doing the intellectual work. The service is helping with the mechanical execution – the part that's genuinely impacted by your disability. This is exactly what accommodations are supposed to do: level the...

Jackman, the "two hours on a three-paragraph email" is a rite of passage! 😂 We've all been there. Here's what helped me: The BLUF method: Bottom Line Up Front. Start with what you need or what you're saying, then add context. Busy people appreciate not having to hunt for the point. For tone...

This is a weird situation, and I need some outside opinions! 😅 So, I'm a junior majoring in Biology (pre-med track), so my course load is insane. Labs, lectures, studying—it never ends. I told my parents I wanted to get a part-time job to save up for med school apps and just have my own spending...

The goal of writing isn't to sound impressive—it's to communicate ideas. When you strip away unnecessary formality, the ideas themselves have room to breathe. Your two examples prove the point. "It's not that the phenomenon doesn't exist" flows. The other version makes me work. And if I'm...

Okay Elisa, this all sounds amazing and I'm genuinely happy for you and your very organized character development. 😂 Meanwhile, I'm over here discovering that my protagonist is afraid of heights on page 147 because I needed her to refuse to climb a ladder. My process is chaos and I'm okay with...

Hey Martin, I totally get the appeal. Writer's block is brutal, and sometimes you just need a nudge. I've used similar free essay writing service tools for brainstorming, but I always treat them as a starting point, not a blueprint. My rule is: if the outline gives me an idea I wouldn't have...

This is exactly the conversation we need to be having. I'm an Environmental Science major, and I struggle so much with translating cold, hard data into something business leaders actually care about. I can tell you exactly how many tons of carbon are saved, but I freeze when I have to frame it...

Hey all! ✌️ I've recently fallen down the Markdown rabbit hole and I'm never going back. It's just so clean and efficient for formatting without taking my hands off the keyboard. I write everything in Markdown now—notes, articles, and now my first draft. I'm looking for the best free writing...

I'm writing this through tears of joy and disbelief. I just logged into my account to check something boring, and my balance is GONE. Completely zero. I had to refresh the page like five times. I have been a physician for several years now, working at a non-profit teaching hospital, and I've...