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For nearly three decades, the Center for Writing and Speaking has helped Scotties become increasingly better writers and speakers. Our fresh and natural approach to tutoring helps balance your personal and academic yin and yang, soothing the semester’s tensions away and reinvigorating your creativity.
Your collaborative experience begins with an introduction to your tutor (if this is the first time you meet), who would want to get to know you and your work. After reflecting with you on your goals for the session, your tutor will invite you to inhale deeply and allow your tutoring experience to open up new perspectives on your projects.
Soothe your anxiety with a cup of coffee or tea and focus on the task at hand. Your tutor will listen carefully to what you have to say and ask questions that will gradually lead you to answers and insights that will allow you to take your project—paper, presentation, resume, personal statement, or another assignment—to the next level.
During the session, rough patches in your prose are gently sloughed off as your argument is clarified and toned, grammatical impurities cleansed, and your authorial voice infused with energy. Your tutor responds as a reader or a listener, which will helps you deep-massage your draft until it flows logically and pleases aesthetically.