About Your Visit

The Writing Center offers free writing assistance to any SIUC student (undergraduate or graduate) taking any course from any department. To use one of our Centers, you do not need to be in an English or composition course. You do not even need to be working on an assignment for a course. If you have questions or require assistance on a writing project, a resume, a cover letter, or any other writing-related issue, come and see us at any of our Centers or chat about your writing with a tutor in an online session through our Online Writing Lab (OWL).

However, we do ask you to come ready to ask questions and work on your writing. To help you prepare for your visit, please check out the hints for making the most of your visit handout. Tutors will not write or revise essays for you, but they will help you identify and develop strategies for solving the problems within your essays.