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Improve your writing with peer and faculty consultants at the free Writing Center. Get feedback, tips, and resources for all writing levels and stages. Schedule your appointment today!
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The BCC-UCF Writing Center …because writers need readers
What is the Writing Center? • The Writing Center is a free service offered to the entire BCC-UCF community. • Peer and faculty consultants work one-on-one with students, faculty, and staff in all disciplines, at all writing levels, and at all stages of the writing process. You tell us your needs. • For example, you can bring your ideas for a personal essay, or bring your research paper ready for polishing. We will work collaboratively to help you improve your writing.
What do we do at the Writing Center? • We give you feedback and advice while working with you to improve your writing ability. • We help you improve your ability to document sources, overcome writer’s block, organize ideas, revise your writing, and proofread your work. • Although we might offer advice on questions of style and clarity, we will never do the writing for you. • We point you to resources such as style manuals or editing software.
What don’t we do at the Writing Center? • Proofread papers • Attempt to catch every error • Make corrections for you • Write the paper for you • Do your references or citations for you • Guarantee you’ll get an A
Where are we located? • We are located on the Cocoa campus in building 12, room 221. • Our hours change every semester with our consultants’ course schedules.
How do you make an appointment? • Call us at (321) 433-7873. • Schedule online at www.uwc.cah.ucf.edu. • BCC students must request a user login prior to using the scheduler. Call or drop by and we’ll show you how. • Schedule a 60-minute appointment if your paper is longer than five pages.
What should you bring with you to your appointment? • Your professor’s assignment sheet • A copy of your paper, preferably one it’s okay for you and your consultant to write on • An electronic copy of the paper--on a flash drive or emailed to yourself so you can access it on the Web • Copies of any sources you are using for research
What happens at a consultation? • You come to the Writing Center and meet with a friendly consultant. • Your consultant asks what you’d like to work on during your consultation. • You and your consultant explore strategies for improving your writing. • Ultimately, you become a better writer.
What else can you do at the Writing Center? • Use Editor software to check for mechanical, usage, and stylistic concerns. • Pick up handouts on popular subjects ranging from MLA style to tips for taking essay exams. • Get the answer to a question by using our library of writing reference books.
What do students say about us? • “My professors commented on how my writing had improved.” • “I learned so much more about writing.” • “Talking it out made me know my story, made me know what I was trying to say.” • “I learned how to look at my writing from a different perspective and then make my own revisions.”
We hope to see you soon! For more information please visit us online: www.uwc.cah.ucf.edu or www.brevardcc.edu/wc-cocoa Or just drop by room 221 on the second floor of the library.