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Student Writing Support (SWS) offers collaborative one-to-one writing consultations to help student writers develop confidence and effective writing strategies. The writing consultants will listen to your goals and concerns, read and respond to your written work, pose questions that help you clarify and articulate your ideas, and affirm the experiences and abilities you bring to your writing. The resource values your life experiences and languages, and they seek to provide a supportive space for you to share and develop your voice. They provide feedback that will help improve your writing skills and make you a better writing. They will help answer any questions you have about writing styles.

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Get started on assignments

Break through writer’s block

See their work from a reader’s perspective

Prepare questions to bring back to their instructor or advisor

Learn strategies for revising, editing, and proofreading

Access writing resources

Get feedback that can help improve your writing

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What do you believe the value is of this resource for the campus community? 

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What do you believe the value is of this resource for the campus community? 

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I believe that the value of the Student Center for Writing is to really help students who might need some inspiration, feedback, or are just struggling with their writing. They can receive help from tutors or good writers that will help improve their writing. The value of this resource for the community is to benefit students by giving them a place to improve and help their writing skills and habits. This place is a good place for writing help and feedback!

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Is there a cost associated with this resource? 

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Is there a cost associated with this resource? 

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There is no cost associated with this resource, it is free of charge

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any direct experience using this resource?

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any direct experience using this resource?

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I have used this resource once because I am not the best writer so I have had writing help before and I think that this resource would be very beneficial for me because it could help me with essays and writing assignments because they provide feedback and help on your rough drafts.

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Something interesting you discovered about this resource

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Something interesting you discovered about this resource

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I discovered that you can receive writing help through zoom but also online which can be very helpful because some people are not always on campus and can have a lot going on so having the option to schedule online or through zoom is very beneficial and helpful.

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Students can either do a walk-in consultation at Nicholson Hall , schedule appointments in Zoom , or schedule an appointment on SWS.online

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The Student Center for Writing is located inside Nicholson Hall in room 15

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Nicholson Hall, 216 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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center for writing | student writing support

Welcome to Student Writing Support

Student Writing Support (SWS) offers collaborative one-to-one writing consultations to help student writers develop confidence and effective writing strategies. Our writing consultants will listen to your goals and concerns, read and respond to your written work, pose questions that help you clarify and articulate your ideas, and affirm the experiences and abilities you bring to your writing. We value your life experiences and languages, and we seek to provide a supportive space for you to share and develop your voice.

What is a writing consultation?

A writing consultation is a conversation between a writer and a consultant. During that conversation, the participants will set an agenda for the session, talk about the work in progress, and work together to meet the writer's goals.

SWS offers three kinds of consultations during fall 2021:

1. walk-in consultations in 15 Nicholson Hall

2. appointments in Zoom

3. appointments in SWS.online

In all consultations, writing consultants can work with writers to

Get started on assignments

Break through writer's block

See their work from a reader's perspective

Prepare questions to bring back to their instructor or advisor

Learn strategies for revising, editing, and proofreading

Access writing resources

In addition to writing consultations, we offer a variety of videos, printable handouts, and web resources in our Quick help section.

What is a walk-in consultation like?

All walk-in consultations take place on a first-come, first-served basis. You sign in on a digital waitlist when you arrive in 15 Nicholson Hall, and consultants will work with writers in the order they arrived. Typically, there are between 3-6 consultants at any given time.

You can bring a draft with you, but it's also fine if you don't have anything written at all yet!

You won't share or send anything ahead of time; instead, your consultant will read anything you share during the consultation.

What is a Zoom consultation like?

What is an SWS.online consultation like?

All SWS.online consultations are by appointment through mySWS, and they require you to keep track of two times: (1) the deadline to submit your writing and your questions/concerns about it, and (2) the time you will meet with the consultant for your 40-minute online chat.

After you submit your writing, the consultant will have 40 minutes to read it in preparation for your chat appointment.

During your scheduled SWS.online chat, your consultant will give you feedback, answer questions, and collaborate with you through a chatbox next to your document. (There is no audio or video component.)

At the end of your consultation, you will receive a transcript of your chat to keep for yourself.

To learn more about what to expect and how to get the most from your visit to the Center, look at our general and graduate-student-focused informational handouts.

Please be aware of the Center's important policies related to appointments, privacy, and identification.

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center for writing | student writing support Student Writing Support (SWS) offers collaborative one-to-one writing consultations to help student writers develop confidence and effective writing strategies. Our writing consultants will listen to your goals and concerns, read and respond to your written work, pose questions that help you clarify and articulate your ideas, and affirm the experiences and abilities you bring to your writing.