What can a Peer Writing Consultant do for me?

Watch the Writing Center Video! (approximately 8 min)

Peer Writing Consultants are formally trained in ENGL 3256 to do a multitude of things for you. A Consultant can help you:

• understand the professor's assignment instructions
• generate ideas when you don't know how to start
• review your draft and determine where evidence is lacking
• organize and structure your ideas
• find your thesis and maintain your focus
• document sources correctly to avoid plagiarism
• correct your grammatical, usage, and punctuation errors
• decipher those tricky manuals - MLA, APA, and Turabian
• help build your confidence as a writer and much more!

Peer Writing Consultants will give you feedback on all aspects of the writing process.

How do I make an appointment?

• We accept walk-in appointments, but we also invite you to stop by and schedule an appointment by signing your name on the white board. Most consultations last thirty minutes; they begin and end on the hour and half-hour.

• You can also access Writing Center services online, but you must allow for at least a 48-hour turnaround. (If you submit a paper online on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., you may not get it back until Thursday.)

• We ask that you sign up for no more than ONE consultation per day.

• Please be on time! If you are more than five minutes late and there are walk-in clients waiting, you will forfeit your appointment.

What should I bring to my appointment?

It would help us immensely if you could bring

• a copy of the professor's assignment and any notes you took that explain the assignment;

• your prewriting or rough drafts, although these are not required;

• any necessary materials - pen, paper, textbook, research sources, etc.

Hurry! Writers will be consulted with on a first come, first served basis!