Quick Facts

Favorite word?

Honey

Favorite music to write to?

Bob Dylan

What are you reading now?

“The Eldest Daughter Effect” (Schuitemaker and Enthoven)

 

Christine Mecke, EdD
Director of Student Disability Services

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SJU Writes: What’s the most difficult thing you’ve ever written in your life?

CM: When I’ve wanted to be very sincere in writing, like a sympathy note – you don’t want to go on and on, but you really want to choose your words carefully and that can be a hard thing to do.

SJU Writes: When you are confronted with a writing task, how do you approach it?

CM: I roll things around my head for a long time before I get something down in writing. I prefer to do a draft in one sitting. But, there will be multiple drafts and the first will be the most difficult.

SJU Writes: Do you seek advice as you write?

CM: I definitely share my writing with others. I’ll share with Kim Allen-Stuck, who is my supervisor and she is very good at giving feedback. I was fortunate to work with a cohort group and we would often partner up and share each other’s writing, and it was helpful because the person I was paired with wasn’t in my field at all, so she had a lot of questions.

SJU Writes: Tell me more about your revision process.

CM: Thank God there is a computer. I think cut and paste is the best thing in the world. Most of my writing is done on the computer, and so I can look at it again and read through.

—Olivia Cardarelli ’22