About Us - Services
Writing Conferences
Writing conferences are collaborative dialogues between you and your writing assistant. Since there's no "right answer" in writing, writing assistants act as a responsive audience, enabling you to see possibilities for revising. During conferences, you'll notice we emphasize strategies to manage the writing process, both for the current assignment and for future writings.
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Global Strategies (for big ideas)
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Local Strategies (for grammar/proofreading)
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| Clarify thesis | Identify patterns of error |
| Organize logically | Model error correction |
| Connect parts | Recommend proofreading strategies |
You may visit us at any point while writing, whether it be for help in selecting a topic or in polishing a final draft, and you may bring any writing task, from course assignments, essay exams, or job search materials.
Writing Assistants are available by appointment or drop-in. Conferences last either twenty-five or fifty minutes; if your draft is more than five pages, we recommend a 50-minute appointment. Sign up on our schedule (available across from Zoe's in Wilson Library) or call us at 650-3219.
Accommodations are available! Call us at 650-3219 to make special arrangements.
Online Conferences
Can't come to us? Then let us come to you! In online conferences, writers submit their drafts via a web form and receive responses in the form of screencasts (audio visual) from writing assistants. Please see Send Us A Draft for more info.
Resources
We also offer many other resources including these:
- Books on a variety of topics, including writing process and conventions
- Handouts on composition strategies and grammar
- Computers for writing and revising
- Software for composing and documenting
- Software for document design or Web publishing
The Writing Center offers valuable internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Applications are currently open for the 2012-2013 academic year. Please see the attached position description and application.
