The Writing Center is here to assist you with any writing project, at any stage of your writing process. The center's well-trained peer consultants can help you to brainstorm ideas, organize content, integrate research, polish a draft, and correctly document sources.
Any graduate or undergraduate GVSU student can make an appointment or take advantage of our drop-in hours simply by coming into the center with a draft of your writing. Faculty and staff interested in writing consultations for their own work and our other services can call (616) 331-2922.
What They Do
A Writing Consultant can help you with:
- Brainstorming and selecting a topic
- Understanding your assignment
- Navigating and interpreting professor feedback
- Considering your audience and what expectations they have
- Organizing your ideas and structuring your paper
- Crafting an argument, message, theme, or story
- Integrating sources and considering their effectiveness
- Revising, editing, and formatting your work
- Learning how to use and perform different citation styles
- Clarifying your message and editing your language
