Writing Center at Tutoring Services
The Writing Center is the place UNG students can get help on any writing they’re working on. Peer and professional consultants provide half-hour consultations focused on student writers. Sessions are offered both online and in-person.
We work with students throughout the writing process and across the curriculum to help develop writing expertise, use discussion and feedback to enhance their writing, and become better writers through conversation and reflection.
Most of UNG’s Writing Centers are run by Tutoring Services. The one in Dahlonega is operated by the English department and staffed by peer tutors. For questions related to that center, contact David Brauer.
All UNG students, faculty, and staff can use the Writing Centers on any campus and online.
Got Questions?
For Writing Centers other than Dahlonega, contact Tutoring Service.
For Dahlonega Writing Center, contact David Brauer
Services We Provide
- Papers in first year English
- Lab reports
- Research papers
- Integrating research
- Citation formatting
- Speeches
- Writing assignments
- Resumes
- Scholarship essays
- Capstones and dissertations
- Creative writing
- Addressing your audience and purpose
- Organization
- Developing an argument (thesis statement, supporting paragraphs)
- Introduction and conclusion
- Sentence structure
- Punctuation
- Spelling
- and more...
Appointment Information
Tutoring Services Writing Centers offer students access to In-Person sessions, Online sessions done via video chat, and eTutoring sessions done asynchronously. The Writing Center will work with walk-ins as scheduling allows. We encourage appointments to ensure that writers do not have to wait.
How To Make an Appointment
How to Keep the Appointment
- For In-Person tutoring, show up to the Writing Center, log into the student lab timer, and sit down with your writing consultant.
- For Online tutoring, open the appointment and click the link to the live video session. (Desktop, laptop, or tablet recommended.)
- For eTutoring, make sure you have a draft uploaded and look for a commented draft to be emailed after the appointment time.
What To Expect
We see many students from English courses, and we help students working with writing in any major. We’ll also help with writing for applications, emails, professional documents, and creative endeavors. Consultants are trained to assist students at any point in the writing process, but "editing" suggests that they do the work for you. Instead, consultants model strategies that help you revise and edit your writing.
Note: We cannot evaluate what grade you will receive. Only your instructor can give you a grade, and consultants know that individual readers may differ in how they evaluate.
Tips for the Session
- Be actively engaged in the session. The tutor is not a proofreader; they help you revise and correct your own writing.
- Bring your assignment prompt or rubric. Even for assignments tutors know well, these documents help us clarify a professor’s or reader’s expectations.
- Focus on improving your writing. Tutors can’t promise you’ll get a specific grade, but they can make suggestions to get you on the right track.
- Book a session at least two or three or more days before the assignment is due. Tutors will work with you last minute, but it helps to give yourself time to revise and edit your work.
Typical Tutoring Sessions
- Last 30 minutes
- Usually focus on two or three writing issues
- Improve writing skills through the conversational model with a tutor
- Involve conversing, thinking, reading aloud, brainstorming, and more
- May lead to follow-up sessions
What to Bring
- Hardcopy of the project or essay
- Pen or pencil
- Relevant materials, such as the assignment guidelines, research materials, or the textbook
- Comments or directions from the instructor
- Specific questions or goals