Writing Support for Students

Schedule an Appointment

Please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141 during daytime business hours to schedule a day or evening appointment, or book online with a peer writing consultant.

If you have any potential COVID symptoms (fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or a runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea), you must cancel and/or reschedule to meet via Zoom.

What to Expect in Your Session

Individual sessions typically last for one hour. We can help you brainstorm ideas, though it may be most effective to bring a draft in progress. When you come to your session, please be ready to share your concerns and questions about your draft. The consultant will invite you to read your draft aloud (or may read your draft aloud, if you prefer), stopping when questions arise. In this manner, the consultant can help you to clarify your own thinking and writing at all levels, from organization and content to grammar and sentence structure. Consultants can also help you learn to recognize and correct mistakes in grammar and punctuation, but they will not serve as editors or proofreaders of your work.

Workshops & Events

The Writing Center hosts workshops and events throughout the year to help students craft their writing for specific purposes, such as honors theses and graduate school essays. Our interactive workshops are designed to be helpful for writers at any stage of the writing process, from those who have completed drafts to those who have yet to begin.

Registration is required. To register, call 570-577-3141 during business hours (Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–noon, and 1–4:30 p.m.) or email jo.reish@bucknell.edu. Those registered will receive a Bmail invitation with Zoom link prior to the workshop.