Writing Support

Writing Support Tutorials

 

Located on the 3rd floor of theTaylor Family Digital Library in the Student Success Centre, Writing Support Services offers free, individual writing consultations for UofC students who want to improve their writing. To book an appointment, please click here.

Students may book up to two 30-minute appointments per week, with no limit on the number of appointments per term. For tips on preparing for an appointment, click here. Please bring writing (plus your assignment sheet and your questions) to your appointment. )

NO-SHOW / LATE CANCELLATION FEE. If you must cancel, please do so at least 2 hours prior to your appointment time. Failure to show up or failure to cancel will result in a warning the first time it happens. The second time it happens you will not be allowed to use the Writing Support Services for one year. 

What happens in a Writing Support appointment?

In a Writing Support appointment, students can:

• discuss their writing process and learn strategies to write more effectively
• get advice on writing research papers and handouts on how to document sources
• work with a tutor on an ongoing basis to improve essay structure, paragraph development, writing style, grammar, and punctuation
• get help with English as a second language

Writing Support Services is not a proofreading service. Although Writing Support instructors respond to students' general questions about assignments in progress, they do not engage in a detailed review or editing of drafts.

Getting Writing Support Help via E-Mail

If you are a U of Calgary student, you can get Writing Support help via e-mail by sending your questions to wconline@ucalgary.ca If you're working on a piece of writing (but not the full paper), you can include it as an attachment (preferably in MS Word).
We aim for -- but can't always guarantee -- a turn-around time of less than a week on e-mail requests for help, so it's best to send in your questions well before a paper is due.

Because Writing Support Services instructors spend a maximum of 30 minutes on each e-mail consultation, you can make the most of your time by:

• providing your UCID number and name
• providing specific questions about grammar, sentence structure, citations, etc.

Please note: we will not review complete papers.

The more information you provide in your email, the more quickly you will get feedback; if you don't provide enough information, your tutor may have to write you back to request more information.

Appointments cannot be booked through wconline@ucalgary.ca

To book a regular Writing Support appointment on campus, please click here.