The Writing Center: Committed to Writing Excellence at CLU
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Wren Cherney |
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Welcome to the Writing Center!Our experienced tutors are happy to help CLU students in all stages of the writing process, from generating ideas to refining final drafts. We are available for 30 minute or 1 hour individual consultations. Our PhilosophyThe Writing Center believes that it is important to create better writers, not just better papers. Tutors are therefore trained to act as interested audience members, rather than as professional editors or proofreaders. They will actively collaborate with students on ways to improve their writing by asking lots of questions, giving feedback, and demonstrating self-editing strategies that can be applied to future writing tasks. What to ExpectTutors may not have time to address every error in a student's paper. They will first address higher order concerns (looking for a concise purpose or thesis statement, coherent and cohesive organization, and a clear sense of audience) before moving to other concerns, such as grammar, punctuation, syntax, and diction. We recommend that students book their first appointment well in advance of their deadline so they have time to book another appointment if necessary. Our tutors' primary goal is to help students make sure their ideas are communicated clearly to their audience. Although style is an important part of academic writing, our tutors are not required to memorize every nuance of AMA, AP, APA, ASA, CMS (Chicago), CSE, MLA, Turabian, and Vancouver. That said, tutors are familiar with the basics of most styles, and will be happy to consult the numerous handbooks we have in our resource library for style questions they cannot answer. Booking AppointmentsStudents should book appointments in advance, particularly during mid-terms and at the end of the semester. Book online at Genbook or stop by the Writing Center (Darling Collaboration Suite in Pearson Library) to schedule an appointment. Please note that when it comes to appointments, writers are limited to one hour a day and two scheduled hours per week. There are two reasons for this limit: first, we’d like students to have time to try out and apply the writing strategies they discussed with their tutor, so it’s good to have space between appointments to work independently; second, we want to serve as many CLU students as possible during the hours we have available. If you cannot make your appointment, please call the Writing Center at 805-493-3257, or cancel online with Genbook at least an hour in advance so that we can help other students during the time you had scheduled. |
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