The Idea of Our Writing Center
At the UNO Writing Center, writers at all levels, from freshmen to graduate students, can get feedback on their writing and help with any writing problems they may encounter.
We at the Writing Center want to create an atmosphere in which writers feel comfortable to talk about their writing challenges and to hone their skills, a safe place for them to experiment and to learn in ways that work for them.
Our tutors, who are all graduate assistants in the Creative Writing Workshop, offer tutoring for the various stages of the writing process (generating ideas, doing research, organizing material, formulating thesis and topic sentences, providing support, documenting sources, revising drafts, writing effective introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions) as well as the editing process (correcting grammatical and mechanical problems, improving style).
The Writing Center is not a proofreading service, however. The tutors will not “fix” students’ grammar problems nor rewrite portions of their papers. They will explain the areas of writing and editing students have problems with, guide them through appropriate exercises if necessary, and supervise them as they locate and correct errors in their papers. Writers are responsible for all necessary corrections and revisions in their papers.