About the Writing Centre

• Synchronous online consultations with a tutor (30 minutes) by appointment

Please be aware that the Writing Centre does not provide editorial services; rather, it offers feedback in the form of suggestions, comments and encouragement intended to get students to develop their writing skills over the long term.

• Helps you clarify your writing goals

• Helps you understand and develop your writing process

• Suggests new writing strategies

• Asks questions to help clarify meaning

• Shows you places where meaning could be clearer

• Helps you write stronger thesis statements and topic sentences

• Offers strategies for organizing paragraphs and essays

• Helps you use reference materials

• Helps you diagnose writing problems

• Helps you edit and proofread your own work

• Answers questions about grammar and mechanics

• Answers questions about essay format and documentation

• Write or re-write assignments

• Proofread or edit assignments in progress

• Add content to essays

• "Correct" writing

• Tell you how to do an assignment

• Guarantee you a certain mark on an assignment

• Replace your professor

Any kind of writing at any stage, from idea to draft:

• An essay from last term

• An assignment in progress (don't forget to bring the assignment and the primary text, too)

• A lab report

• An employment cover letter

• A scholarship or grad school application essay

• A article for the Dagligtale

• A poem or short story

• A blank pad of paper with room to write

• An essay idea you want to chat about

• What strategies can I use to get started writing?

• Is the organization of my essay clear?

• Do I need more support for my ideas?

• Do I integrate quotations correctly into my essay?

• How can I reduce wordiness in my writing?

• How can I write more (or less) formally?

• Do I use semi-colons correctly?

• Where can I learn how to make a Works Cited page?

• Are my sources cited correctly?

• What's the difference between MLA and APA?

• Can you help me organize this article for the Dag?

• Will you give me some feedback on my cover letter?

• What are the conventions of writing a sonnet or haiku?

• Anything else related to writing…