Talking about your writing concerns with a peer tutor will help you to better judge the shape and clarity of your ideas and revise your paper accordingly. Though no one can expect to become a better writer in a single tutoring session, working with a tutor often will be significant step toward becoming the best writer you can be. In fact, talking to a tutor while you are planning ideas is a good way to get over writer s block or to overcome procrastination. They have been successful at writing in their courses and have come to the Writing Center to help other students. In their training, tutors learn more about the priorities of academic writing and the strategies used to develop, organize, and communicate ideas effectively.
Tutors enjoy talking to other students and learning about different classes and writing assignments.
You can expect your tutor to be attentive and respectful. Your tutor and you will read your paper and your assignment. Once you and your tutor decide on the area of the essay that you wish to address, you will spend fifty minutes working together on your common goal. As a sympathetic reader, the tutor will ask questions and provide suggestions that will help you reflect on your ideas and concerns. If you make conversations with peer tutors a habit, you will grow both as reader and writer.