Collin College

About The Writing Center

What the Writing Center Will Do:

• Assist students in understanding the assignment & professor's expectations.

• Help students in brainstorming, planning, and/or organizing ideas for a writing assignment.

• Teach students how to construct a thesis statement, topic sentence, and/or determine the focus of the paper.

• Assist students in developing supporting ideas and connecting those ideas to the main idea, or thesis statement.

• Teach students proper citation methods, whether MLA, APA, or Chicago formatting is required.

• Encourage student's ownership of the paper, the ideas contained in the paper, and development of the student's ability to revise independently.

What the Writing Center Will Not Do:

• Tutors will not write the paper for the student.

• Tutors will not proofread and/or edit the paper.

• Tutors will not judge the paper, according to grade.

• Tutors cannot guarantee a quick "fix" for a student's writing problem.