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Why you should visit the Writing Center

You will write a better paper. Instructors unanimously agree that students who visit the Writing Center turn in better papers than students who don’t.

 

Strong writing evolves over time. Writers go through many stages of thinking and writing. All of these stages benefit from conversation and dialogue with others.

 

Writers:

• gather ideas and do some planning
• talk about their ideas
• experiment with what they have to say in early drafts
• share developing ideas and writing
• share final drafts
• edit and proofread their work

Your Writing Center visits can correspond with any or all of these stages. You will benefit the most if you plan multiple visits to the center – for brainstorming and planning, for developing and organizing, and then for revising, editing and proofreading.  Unfortunately, a lot of students come to us close to their due dates --at that final “editing” stage --which limits the range of our feedback and eliminates many options for revision and improvement.

How to make an appointment

To schedule a thirty minute consultation, call 827-8108. Due to the high volume of consultations, please make an appointment. Walk-in students can sign up on the Writing Center wait list in the hopes that an appointment becomes available. However, walk-in appointments are not guaranteed.

Help us help you

• Bring in any guidelines and materials related to the writing project

• Visit early in the project.  If you come in at the end, right before your assignment is due, we won’t be able to help nearly as much

• Arrive five minutes before your consultation time so that you can sign in and meet your consultant

We have some rules

• Where are you? Repeated no shows will result in limited access to our services.

• Give us a call. Please phone us if you must miss an appointment. 827-8108

• Don't be late. If you are more than five minutes late, your appointment will be given to the next student on our wait list.

• Three a week. Visits are limited to three, 30-minute consultations per week.

 

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