Getting the Most Out of the Writing Center
Come early in the writing process, especially if you feel that you would benefit from help with developing a thesis and help with the overall structure of a paper. We鈥檙e happy to work with you before you鈥檝e written anything, when you have an early draft or when you鈥檙e polishing a final draft of a writing project.
Our writing consultants have only 50 minutes per appointment to work with you, so if you are working on a paper longer than 7 pages, please decide what pages or what aspects of the paper you would like to work on within those 50 minutes.
Before you come
Please plan to arrive on time! (When we are busy, we give away your appointment if you are ten minutes late. If you must be late, call us to tell us and we鈥檒l hold your appointment for you.)
Have a clear idea of the assignment
Bring the assignment handout, as well as any other course materials, from class that you might reference in the writing assignment.
Come with a goal
Think about which aspect of the writing project you need the most help with (e.g., brainstorming something to writer about, overall structure of a paper, paragraph structure, specific grammatical problems).