WIU Writing Center
Welcome to the WIU Writing Center Home Page. The Writing Center is a place where everyone, from first-year students to graduate students and faculty, can come to work on writing projects.
When people think of Writing Centers, they often mistakenly think of them as places for people in trouble—places where “experts” will tell them everything that’s wrong with their writing. Another common misconception is that the Center is a place to bring papers for someone else to edit. That’s not the case here. Our Writing Center is a place for writers and consultants (tutors) to work together. Rather than editing a paper you drop off, the consultants will teach you how to proofread and edit for yourself. The consultants will also work with you on every stage in the writing process, from finding a topic, through invention, research, and drafting, to revising and editing.
Many people come to the Writing Center just to work alone on their writing, secure in the knowledge that help is close by if it should be needed. There are tables to work at or even couches if that is more your style. There is also a small computer lab for word processing and printing.
View our new writing center video "If Writing Center Myths Were True" at www.wiu.edu/uwc/video.shtml or click on the picture.
