写作中心

写作工作坊
与导师见面
预约

The 写作中心 is located on the first floor of the library. Writing mentors, who come from a variety of majors, are trained to provide feedback as interested and critical readers, ask questions that prompt your project’s development, and offer 修改策略. 你可以浏览写作中心 for support at any stage of the writing process, whether you’re just getting started or nearing your deadline. Mentors can help with any writing activity, including:

generating ideas and developing 内容
段 development and coherence
improving language choices
句子-level editing and proofing
修改策略
引用和格式

The mentor will not correct or edit your work for you; instead, they will offer strategies you may use to write 更多的 effectively in the long-term. Currently, the 写作中心 offers the following 任命类型:

Face-to-Face 任命
电话预约
Video 任命 (using Microsoft Teams)
国际 English Support 任命 (an opportunity for English Language Learners to develop their fluency through one-on-one conversations with mentors)

After each session, the mentor will email you and your instructor a summary of the work you accomplished during the session. Please go to our 任命 tab to schedule and learn 更多的!

凯发集团官网提供的服务	Services We DO NOT Provide
We help writers discover and carry out their intentions for a piece of writing. We talk through a writing assignment to help the writer understand the assignment. We act as an informed audience and provide immediate, constructive feedback on a piece of writing – in terms of writing processes, 内容, 结构, 和风格. We suggest a variety of strategies to writers as they generate ideas and plans for a piece of writing. These invention strategies include freewriting, listing or brainstorming, 映射或集群, 和概述, 还有其他人. We help writers identify strengths and weaknesses in their writing and use this information to improve their drafts. We discuss and 模型 useful writing strategies. We discuss only one piece of writing per session. We affirm the writer’s efforts. We adapt our approach as needed.	We cannot presume to fully explain an assignment to a writer on behalf of the instructor who made the assignment. If a writer does not have enough information to understand an assignment, we should suggest that the writer go back for 更多的 information. We do not generate ideas, 使轮廓, or develop organizational plans for writers. 而不是, 凯发集团官网问问题, 模型, and offer strategies that help writers generate ideas, 使轮廓, 等. We do not compose drafts for writers. 凯发集团官网可能, 然而, 模型 an approach to writing an essay, 论文, 段, 句子, 作品的引用, 等. We do not “correct” or edit whole papers for errors in grammar, usage, or mechanics. 而不是, we may 模型 revising or editing processes or 句子-level corrections on a portion of the writing. 凯发集团官网可能 then ask the writer to apply those same processes or strategies to another portion of the writing. We do not write on the writer’s piece unless to pose questions or identify possible issues to address. We do not write any of the corrections or revisions. 而不是, we direct the writer to write his or her own revisions. We do not accept pieces dropped off at the 写作中心 to be proofread or edited. The 写作中心 is a place of collaboration for teaching and learning, not a proofreading or copyediting service. We cannot predict a response to (or grade for) the piece of writing by its intended/course-related audience. We do not interfere with the relationship between the writer and the instructor. We do not offer false praise. We do not demean the writing, the efforts of the writer, or the writer.

凯发集团官网提供的服务

Services We DO NOT Provide

We help writers discover and carry out their intentions for a piece of writing.
We talk through a writing assignment to help the writer understand the assignment.
We act as an informed audience and provide immediate, constructive feedback on a piece of writing – in terms of writing processes, 内容, 结构, 和风格.
We suggest a variety of strategies to writers as they generate ideas and plans for a piece of writing. These invention strategies include freewriting, listing or brainstorming, 映射或集群, 和概述, 还有其他人.
We help writers identify strengths and weaknesses in their writing and use this information to improve their drafts.
We discuss and 模型 useful writing strategies.
We discuss only one piece of writing per session.
We affirm the writer’s efforts.
We adapt our approach as needed.

We cannot presume to fully explain an assignment to a writer on behalf of the instructor who made the assignment. If a writer does not have enough information to understand an assignment, we should suggest that the writer go back for 更多的 information.
We do not generate ideas, 使轮廓, or develop organizational plans for writers. 而不是, 凯发集团官网问问题, 模型, and offer strategies that help writers generate ideas, 使轮廓, 等.
We do not compose drafts for writers. 凯发集团官网可能, 然而, 模型 an approach to writing an essay, 论文, 段, 句子, 作品的引用, 等.
We do not “correct” or edit whole papers for errors in grammar, usage, or mechanics. 而不是, we may 模型 revising or editing processes or 句子-level corrections on a portion of the writing. 凯发集团官网可能 then ask the writer to apply those same processes or strategies to another portion of the writing.
We do not write on the writer’s piece unless to pose questions or identify possible issues to address. We do not write any of the corrections or revisions. 而不是, we direct the writer to write his or her own revisions.
We do not accept pieces dropped off at the 写作中心 to be proofread or edited. The 写作中心 is a place of collaboration for teaching and learning, not a proofreading or copyediting service.
We cannot predict a response to (or grade for) the piece of writing by its intended/course-related audience.
We do not interfere with the relationship between the writer and the instructor.
We do not offer false praise.
We do not demean the writing, the efforts of the writer, or the writer.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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For questions about the 写作中心, please contact Jasmine Castillo, 写作中心 Assistant Director, via e-mail at castiljs@lsqn.net or by calling (815) 836-5664.

写作中心联系 Information: 815-836-5427, writingcenter@lsqn.net