Schedule an Appointment

Summer 2025 Remote and In-Person Hours

Please login to Buff Portal and enter "Writing Center" in the search bar. This will take you to our registration and login website. You can also visit our scheduling website, WC Online, to make a new appointment.  
Contact: writingcenter@colorado.edu
 

What to Expect from a Session

Sessions are free and open to all CU students. We welcome writing projects from any subject and at any stage of the writing process from brainstorming/planning through revision. We also assist with self-editing and citation.

You’ll discuss your writing with a professionally trained writing consultant who will help you to clarify your thoughts and to convey them more effectively to readers. You’ll also develop an awareness of your process, decision-making, and opportunities as a writer to sharpen your judgment and improve your confidence when planning, drafting, revising, and self-editing.

At the beginning of your session:

1. We’ll ask about your

• assignment requirements (or document’s intended purpose);
• readers’ informational needs, expectations, and attitudes;
• writing process and timeline;
• learning priorities

2. You’ll help us devise a realistic agenda for your 50-minute session, and

• choose whether we read your writing aloud or silently;
• receive reader-centered feedback and advice;
• note changes you wish to make to your paper; and
• learn how to use self-editing and citation techniques and resources.

3. At the end of your session, you’ll

• Review revision and editing strategies;
• receive tip sheets and links to online writing resources;
• create a revision “to-do” list;
• schedule a follow-up session (when desired and available); and,
• complete a three-minute exit survey to share your thoughts about the session.